Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh...
by Angostura on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:01AM
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> That won't change until
... you ask people to use an alternative. I got my entire family on to Signal about a year ago. I keep asking the BBC not to use WhatsApp. We'll see.
Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh...
by Naracion on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:58AM
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>would not even be able to book my Dog in to the Groomers because they won't answer the phone and only respond to Whatsapp.
Good luck getting businesses to move away from Whatsapp. I deleted my account and was able to get friends and family on Signal, but thankfully I don't have any businesses I interacted with that used Whatsapp (or Facebook). I might be missing out on products and services... But hey, at least I don't know what I'm missing. :)
In the UK, everybody uses Whatsapp, from friends and family to businesses.
That won't change until communication platforms are forced to make their products interoperable with each other. I can't use anything else because nobody else does, I would not even be able to book my Dog in to the Groomers because they won't answer the phone and only respond to Whatsapp.
E2E encryption can protect contents in transit with TOS for communication platforms to join the Multi-provider network stating they cannot analyse the contents of received messages in-app.