WhatsApp threatened with legal action in Germany over Facebook data sharing deal

Re:WhatsApp threatened with legal action in Germany over Fac... by unicornporn on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:09AM (#12548262)

Wire[1] is also an excellent option. Unlike Open Whisper Systems they wont hang you from a tree for building a third party app. Signal wont work without Gapps or Google Play Services on your Android phone and Google Chrome for desktop.

[1] https://wire.com/

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Re:WhatsApp threatened with legal action in Germany over Fac... by codethief on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:29PM (#12549700)

Signal does work with MicroG (https://microg.org/), an open source reimplementation of Google Play Services.

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Re:WhatsApp threatened with legal action in Germany over Fac... by kuschku on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:22PM (#12550851)

But that still requires using the Google Play Services library in the Signal APK, still doing analytics.

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Re:WhatsApp threatened with legal action in Germany over Fac... by tdkl on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:06AM (#12548824)

I tried Wire after this WhatsApp news came out initially and brought about 10 people (friends/family) to it. They're satisfied how it works.

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