WhatsApp Will Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support Soon: Here's Why

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• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At least if its possible to use a foss client you can interact with WhatsApp users without needing their shitty spyware app.

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  • Albin8665@endlesstalk.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Actually that article says third-party chats, not third-party clients. 😐

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    • Weslee@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Isn’t that effectively the same thing for people wanting to not use WhatsApp, you’d still be using a different client to speak to people on whatsapp?

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    • chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      💯

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  • mattreb@feddit.it ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly, making everyone to switch over to something else is impossible…l’ll uninstall it as soon as they roll this out

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    • Albin8665@endlesstalk.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I already uninstalled. 😉

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• clot27@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can I have a tldr? Does that mean i will be able to message my whatsapp contacts from a more private app e.g. signal without compromising my privacy?

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  • GigglyBobble@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Since Signal also uses phone numbers as account ID, you'll give that to WhatsApp at least. Then they continue to track metadata of the messages sent between you and your WhatsApp contacts and will be profiling you.

    I don't see how communicating with any Meta service isn't compromising privacy. I'm a Signal user and won't connect to WhatsApp.

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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At least WhatsApp won’t be able to monitor app usage patterns or scan my filesystem and contacts. Seems at least a bit better than the alternative assuming you have contacts who insist on or have a strong preference for WhatsApp

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  • Albin8665@endlesstalk.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But for that signal need to comply with whatsapps request according to their terms and conditions. (Probably share details from signal users, which affects privacy) otherwise we cannot sent cross messages. Also it breaks encryption at all cost.

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    • GigglyBobble@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      According to the article, WhatsApp requires the Signal Protocol for message encryption.

      Signal is the single third party that shouldn't have a problem with that since it's been using that protocol before WhatsApp adopted it, too (they hired Moxi himself to help them do it, remember?)

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    • Plopp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What could WhatsApp be getting, other than the Signal user’s phone number and the date and time of encrypted messages?

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• mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  First step: Embrace

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  • Albin8665@endlesstalk.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For normies 😅

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