WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads

Re:WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads by swiley on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:50AM (#28468637)

Smartphone chat apps are not secure. Smartphones apps are much more like web pages than desktop apps and should be treated like web pages.

If you have a secret to keep don’t share it with a phone.

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Re:WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads by hans_castorp on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:15AM (#28468803)

There are plenty of secure alternatives to WhatsApp (Threema, Signal, Matrix just to name a few)

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Re:WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads by swiley on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:23AM (#28468857)

WhatsApp used to be one of those and it changed. With the exception of matrix there’s nothing to stop the same thing from happening with the others.

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