misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoWhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contactswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·9 hours agoSo meta doesnt know who and when you are talking to?
minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 hours agoThey cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.
minus-squaregeography082@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 hours agoIs the code open ?
minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·31 minutes agoNo. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.
minus-squarelemmeBe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoOf course not. And the often repeated “they use Signal protocol” means diddly squat because the code is closed source. They took Signal protocol at some point, forked it and did good knows what with it since experts cannot review it. 🙄
So meta doesnt know who and when you are talking to?
They cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.
Is the code open ?
No. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.
Of course not. And the often repeated “they use Signal protocol” means diddly squat because the code is closed source. They took Signal protocol at some point, forked it and did good knows what with it since experts cannot review it. 🙄