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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by MattJ100 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:20AM (#25669773)
Yes, though I feel like people are finally (slowly) waking up to the problems here. Both the US and the EU are finally looking deeply into Facebook and other big tech.

I don't think politicians are going to solve the problem for us entirely, but a bunch of us have been working on technical solutions for decades and they aren't the entire answer either.

A little regulation combined with the right alternatives may go some way. I'm optimistic, though we have a very long road ahead.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by etherealG on Saturday January 09, 2021 @01:34AM (#25698014)
Thanks for the positive outlook among many negative ones :) I hope we can find a good alternative in the market. Anyone know of alternatives that allow end to end encryption with group chat support so far?
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