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[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Signal instead of WhatsApp is generally a good idea, but WA is not covered by this law as they are end to end encrypting all messages. Switching to Proton Mail would help, using a VPN (most likely) would not.

I can't understand why anybody would trust WhatsApp. It's development and infrastructure are paid for by one of the last companies you want to trust with your private data, and they even run expensive ad spots for it. Why would they do that? Facebook is not altruistic.

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you sure it’s all messages? I thought WA group chats are not encrypted.

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, we don't know for sure since WA is closed source. But group chats are supposed to be encrypted. You're thinking of Telegram.

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I don’t use either of them but yeh, I probably mixed them up. Thanks!