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Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by DeliriumTrigger on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:34PM (#27124454)
That's exactly what they are doing right now...https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/05/11/whatsapp-limit-fea...
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Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by valenterry on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:14PM (#27125207)
That happened before though and it didn't work out. I don't know why it should be different that time.

Also, telegram is used a lot in Germany (compared to other countries) and together with Signal & others it got used much more recently. I don't think Whatsapp has much leverage here.

Not sure if Telegram is better for the users though.

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Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by sneak on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:48AM (#27127779)
Telegram is not end to end encrypted, and thus is not really "secure" in the sense that we mean when we say "secure messenger".
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