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billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 year agotry to get them to atleast WhatsApp
WhatsApp is also owned by Facebook, so switching to that from Messenger is a bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Number358@lemmy.world 1 year ago
At least whatsapp has some sort of encryption
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Yeah but that doesn’t prevent them from snooping directly on the app. For example they can look at who you’re talking to the most, or extract topics of interest from your conversations (“talking about cats? let’s sell them cat food”)