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#WhatsApp löschen ist richtig, aber zu #Signal zu wechseln ein großer Fehler. Beide Messenger sind aus den USA und beide sammeln massiv Userdaten. #Threema aus der Schweiz macht das nicht und hat bereits über 12 Mio. kluge Nutzer:innen in DE. #UnPlugTrump #UnplugBigTech #FckUSA
Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption, https://uk.pcmag.com/security/162799/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption.
I don’t know if this is true but the quote from Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov is **hilarious**:
> You’d have to be braindead to believe WhatsApp is secure in 2026. When we analyzed how WhatsApp implemented its 'encryption,' we found multiple attack vectors.
Telegram IS NEVER ENCRYPTED. Please read _Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot_, https://rys.io/en/179.html.
Hypocritical and liar.
Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot
If you are using Social Media to oppose the tRump fash regime, great.
If you are posting anything decrying the regime's attack on democracy on #bluesky #linkedin #facebook #threads #substack #instagram #whatsapp #xitter then you are just seeking clout or numbers for a monetized platform.
Stop giving fashy techbros money and support. Every post, every click on their platforms is money in their pockets, that they WILL use to destroy democracy.
Via Steve Herman: "WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against Meta"
Via Steve Herman: "WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against Meta"
The same week that Meta was sued over claims that employees can access WhatsApp chat messages, WhatsApp rolls out a stricter security setting meant to protect users from government surveillance malware.
@evacide
Someone clarify me please 🤔
If e2ee happens from client to client, means a closed proprietary app like WhatsApp can use the decrypted messages at the client level & do can steal it even though the connection is marketed as e2ee
Am I right, or I'm missing out something?
Coz I see the option to send last 5 messages to meta when I report a spam and block the number.
So the e2ee is useless if the client is closed source right? 🤔
If you are using Social Media to oppose the tRump fash regime, great.
If you are posting anything decrying the regime's attack on democracy on #bluesky #linkedin #facebook #threads #substack #instagram #whatsapp #xitter then you are just seeking clout or numbers for a monetized platform.
Stop giving fashy techbros money and support. Every post, every click on their platforms is money in their pockets, that they WILL use to destroy democracy.
Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption, https://uk.pcmag.com/security/162799/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption.
I don’t know if this is true but the quote from Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov is **hilarious**:
> You’d have to be braindead to believe WhatsApp is secure in 2026. When we analyzed how WhatsApp implemented its 'encryption,' we found multiple attack vectors.
Telegram IS NEVER ENCRYPTED. Please read _Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot_, https://rys.io/en/179.html.
Hypocritical and liar.
Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot
Check: securemessagingapps.com rate 🟩=3 🟨=1 🟥=0 Results = 86 #ThreemaApp = most secure #Messenger 78 #SimpleX Chat 76 #Session 76 #Signal 66 #Wire 55 #Element / #Matrix 36 #Apple #iMessage 26 #Telegram 25 #WhatsApp 25 #Facebook Mess.
Might be a good time to download an encrypted, decentralized messaging app. Here’s some options:
Element Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Web element.io
Session Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux getsession.org
Wire Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Web wire.com
Threema Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux threema.ch
Ricochet Windows, macOS, Linux (Desktop only) ricochet.im
Check: securemessagingapps.com rate 🟩=3 🟨=1 🟥=0 Results = 86 #ThreemaApp = most secure #Messenger 78 #SimpleX Chat 76 #Session 76 #Signal 66 #Wire 55 #Element / #Matrix 36 #Apple #iMessage 26 #Telegram 25 #WhatsApp 25 #Facebook Mess.
I know you're the wrong audience for this meme, dear followers, but try replacing the search engine #Google with #WhatsApp, #iPhone, #Android, #Windows, #YouTube, #Spotify, #chatGPT or #Gemini — are you still laughing at the #people who use Google every day?
#meme #userers #economy #business #privacy #surveillance #tracking #internet #online #bigdata #bigtech #orwell #bigbrother #politics #humanrights #web #www #future #slavery #digital #question
$[x2 Indian government decrees that WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. must ensure continuous SIM binding with services]
Indian government has classified each of WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Arattai, Snapchat, ShareChat, JioChat, and Josh as a Telecommunication Identifier User Entity (TIUE)
TIUEs must fulfill a range of cybersecurity obligations
TIUEs must ensure that SIM cards remain continuously linked to their services, they must make it impossible for their users to use services without a SIM
For website or web-app-based access, TIUEs must ensure users are logged out periodically (not later than 6 hours) and must offer an option to relink accounts through a QR-code-based method
https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/
$[x2 Indian government decrees that WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. must ensure continuous SIM binding with services]
Indian government has classified each of WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Arattai, Snapchat, ShareChat, JioChat, and Josh as a Telecommunication Identifier User Entity (TIUE)
TIUEs must fulfill a range of cybersecurity obligations
TIUEs must ensure that SIM cards remain continuously linked to their services, they must make it impossible for their users to use services without a SIM
For website or web-app-based access, TIUEs must ensure users are logged out periodically (not later than 6 hours) and must offer an option to relink accounts through a QR-code-based method
https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/
"Here you'll find reviews and research about services and how they affect your #privacy both in person and online backed by real world findings and data collected from testing"
Some apps analysed include: 
🏆 @simplex ( @threemaapp seems to be an undisputed winner on other lists)
🥈 @briar
🥉 @cwtch
https://privacyspreadsheet.com/messaging-apps
EDIT: this info is controversial (see comments)
#matrix #telegram #xmpp #signal #whatsapp #threema #wire #zoom #CWTCH
RE: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/115590212049280397
The crazy thing about that #WhatsApp leak is not merely the sheer scale of the issue...
...it's the fact that a security researcher named Loran Kloeze has found out and reported this #security flaw to #Facebook _eight years ago_ (2018) and Facebook has done... nothing!
Collecting huge amounts of data with WhatsApp - by Loran Kloeze
Also, the only news site that I could find talking about Loran Kloeze is 9to5mac - kudos to them! 🎩
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/18/whatsapp-security-flaw-exposed-3-5b-phone-numbers-including-yours/
What the actual f...k? How does a multibillion dollar company like #Meta not mitigate against this kind of historic data leak???
"3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete #WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated"
https://www.heise.de/en/news/3-5-Billion-Accounts-Complete-WhatsApp-Directory-Retrieved-and-Evaluated-11083244.html?seite=all
New: #DeAppleification project 🍏
Good hardware, if overpriced ✔️
Bad software & services, deliberately lacking #interoperability ❌
Today, I shut off Apple's closed #iMessage service entirely. Now using #Beeper as a universal inbox, with #Signal, #WhatsApp & #Slack DMs ✅
Goal: shutting off all 🍏 services will make it much easier to switch to cheaper hardware in future. Which is why Apple’s entire business model depends on tying their hardware to their software & services
