Signal is a much better choice and its basically a whatsapp clone.
Comment on Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp
odder_vassals@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoWhy is this good advice? They want their people to suffer. They want them to not communicate with the outside world
pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe 4 weeks ago
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
other way around. Whatsapp is a signal clone.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Huh? I was curious about this and looked up the wikis only. However, WhatsApp initial release was 16 years ago and Signal initial release was 10 years ago. It also appears in the history that WhatsApp had a version on iOS in 2009 while Signal didn’t have anything for Android until 2010.
I’m trying to figure out how either is a clone of the other when they were developed around the same times. It seems the idea was just a similar idea from two different entities.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The clone comment likely refers to the underlying architecture, as WhatsApp is using the signal protocol for its ‘secured’ messaging. Of the two, signal is the far superior choice for anyone not forced to live in Zucco’s World. It’s the more private option, and is secure by default unlike a lot of apps (namely, telegram).
WhatsApp (thankfully) is secure by default now according to Google, but it took them a hot minute to get to that point. That being said, you’re still giving metadata to Zucc no matter what, which is still really bad to give the guy working on military AI…
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Signal is a much better choice and its basically a whatsapp clone.
Must be why signal runs on the WhatsApp protocol
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The only people making Iranians suffer at the moment are the Zionist fascists. They’ve already killed 1200 people in their unprovoked attack, including with terrorism and car bombs.
andallthat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They are basically at war with the US and there is this piece of US Tech that nearly everyone is carrying around and that can access their communications, precise location, microphone and camera.
It’s also owned by a company, Meta, that has a history of being used as a tool to manipulate public opinion. I have no particular sympathy for Iran but to me it doesn’t sound like bad advice (and I don’t think WhatsApp is the only way for people to communicate with the outside world).
themurphy@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Meta is also literally developing AI war machines for the US.
SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Okay so they uninstall WhatsApp? What operating systems are they using and what countries are the manufacturers for those based in?
andallthat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I get what you mean and it’s a fair point. But still, as the ignorant I am, I would still go with Meta as the most immediate threat in a war with the US. As the ignorant I am, I would assume the phone manufacturer to have a certain level of control on the way Android works and that it wouldn’t be as easy for Google to have the same level of access to any individual Samsung or Xiaomi phone with Android as it is for Meta with WhatsApp, an app they fully control that has full access to (way too many) phone features regardless of brand.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
They are probably using Xiaomi which is based in China, using AOSP with whatever mods they throw on it, which isn’t based anywhere and is open source, or it could be Huawei too.