Okay so they uninstall WhatsApp? What operating systems are they using and what countries are the manufacturers for those based in?
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andallthat@lemmy.world 1 day agoThey 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).
SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 1 day ago
andallthat@lemmy.world 1 day 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 1 day 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.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Meta is also literally developing AI war machines for the US.