WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to share data with FB”

Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh... by selestify on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:47AM (#29458161)

> I joined a few orgs fighting for a systemic change, understanding the decisions process and be a part of it, more collective life in support of all the discriminated people and a more ecological way of life. Left-leaning stuff.

That's fascinating, because when I joined similar groups last year, they all emphasized using Signal for private comms. They were, in fact, the only people I talked to Singal on, because nobody else I knew really used the app back then.

Perhaps there's a stronger privacy culture in some activist groups versus others.

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Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh... by rakoo on Monday December 06, 2021 @06:58AM (#29458655)

From my very little experience there are a few categories:

- groups where privacy is a matter of personal security will actively use Libre Software and their own services because it's just too important

- groups emerging from the technical world will naturally adopt Libre software and decentralized services because tech doesn't scare them

- everyone else comes from a world where FB/Twitter/Instagram is the norm, so when they group together on issues related to the physical world they will continue to use the digital tools they are used to

There is a real work of deconstructing our tools and the prevalence of big tech in our digital world, just like there was a necessity to deconstruct the position of white males in a patriarchal, occidental society.

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