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minus-squareunderwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoSMS is literally unencrypted and contents of messages stored on your cell provider’s servers. At least WhatsApp is E2E encrypted (even if the metadata isn’t- just use Signal).
minus-squarepassiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoMaybe I’m missing something but why be concerned about privacy when you’re using whatsapp? It’s owned by meta, they paid almost 20 billion for it
minus-squarepressanykeynow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months ago At least WhatsApp is E2E encrypted Unless the source code is available it’s not e2e encrypted.
SMS is literally unencrypted and contents of messages stored on your cell provider’s servers. At least WhatsApp is E2E encrypted (even if the metadata isn’t- just use Signal).
Maybe I’m missing something but why be concerned about privacy when you’re using whatsapp? It’s owned by meta, they paid almost 20 billion for it
Unless the source code is available it’s not e2e encrypted.