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[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

What about whatsapp? Is that secure?

[-] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Security rarely comes in absolutes. Whatsapp doesn't appear to be open source. That alone makes it security wise a worse choice than Signal.

[-] TK420@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Anything made by Facebook is the worse alternative.

[-] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

That's another viewing angle coming to the same result :)
But even before Fcbook purchased Whatsapp, it'd have been the worse choice than Signal.
Nowadays Whatsapp is a very bad choice in a lot of ways except for network effect, which is the only real strength of it.
Speaking of network effect: back when Signal was TextSecure, I could message a total of 2 (two!) contacts with it and the UX was far from being awesome.
Signal has come a long way. The UX is great and I can message a lot of my contacts on Signal now.

[-] TK420@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

The homies are all on Signal now, everyone else is on iMessage. It’s been a struggle, but we are getting there.

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 8 points 11 months ago

Nobody knows, because it is closed source. It migjt be, but it might just as well not be. Best to use Signal.

[-] TK420@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

lol is Facebook secure?

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