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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses
on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:10PM (#22328675)
"WhatsApp had used Signal's open-source protocol to encrypt all WhatsApp communications end-to-end by default"
Allegedly*.
Since Whatsapp is proprietary, it can't be proven that OpenWhisper wasn't tampered with on the server. And chances are always against the link that needs the most protection, the user.
Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @07:26AM (#22246147)
The thing that's really bad is that it's proprietary.
Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @04:19PM (#22241100)
Well, none of it matters since Discord is hostile software. No language will solve their privacy-trampling deeds.
Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“
on Friday January 31, 2020 @12:54PM (#22203758)
FUD "against" proprietary software is pretty much the "reverse racism" of technology.
Again, there is no proof OpenWhisper wasn't tampered with. It'd take WhatsApp becoming Free Software and having independent audits to be reliable as a communications platform. Suspiscion is but a matter of survival, and chances will continue to be usually against the most vulnerable party: the users.
Re:Leaked documents expose Avast antivirus subsidiary selling web brow...
on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @11:33AM (#22170935)
Another day, another leak of proprietary software collecting and selling sensitive user data.
Hopefully Discord's day is coming soon.
Re:Dark Horse Discord
on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @08:53AM (#22117517)
Funny. Discord is the one line I will refuse to cross on yielding my data and metadata. They _are_ downright dangerous. Their CEO's previous project, OpenFeint, already had a privacy scandal lawsuit.
Re:Windows will improve user privacy with DNS over HTTPS
on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:57PM (#21577518)
...Are people going to believe this?
Re:How Discord achieves native iOS performance with React Native
on Friday November 08, 2019 @07:50AM (#21481741)
Grabbing all that user data and metadata has its share of computing cost. But hey, the higher-ups will profit from it so it's ok.
Re:How Discord achieves native iOS performance with React Native
on Friday November 08, 2019 @07:49AM (#21481734)
Don't thank people actively working on proprietary software bent on hindering people's rights to privacy and freedom.
Re:Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end e...
on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:04PM (#21150784)
They won't. People are not really giving a crap for their (and their peers') safety. Just look at how popular Discord is alongside FB.
Re:Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end e...
on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:02PM (#21150762)
Since WhatsApp is proprietary on both client and server side, it can't be proven that OpenWhisper wasn't tampered with. And chances are always against users when we speak of proprietary.
It's disgraceful that Signal hailed WhatsApp's announcement to use it almost like a second coming of a religious figure.
Re:Credder Wants to Create an Equivalent to “Rotten Tomatoes” for News
on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @03:19PM (#19495132)
So... A website clearly intended to be a parody due to its name, but still taken seriously by people that didn't get it?