Looks like the Electron based multi device sync will roll out by the end of 2020. It's over rated.

I bet, people will act- as if they've never seen it before.

These things were introduced waaayy before.. In Signal and Telegram Desktop. The only thing WhatsApp offers is a honeypot of 2Billion users.

YOU'RE THE PRODUCT BEING SOLD

Why should I join WhatsApp?
"Everyone's on whatsapp (Facebook)!"
That's literally the only fallacious reason you could give..

No unique features, chats are a proprietary mess with third party cloud backups and janky stolen stickers.

#whatsapp #facebook #surveillancecapitalism #deletefacebook #signal #telegram
https://wabetainfo.com/whatsapp-is-in-a-final-stage-of-testing-for-the-multiple-devices-feature/

Adding Encrypted Group Calls to Signal

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Free group calls are available starting today. Update your apps to the latest versions to get started. Group calls are only supported in new style Signal groups. You won’t see the call button in your legacy groups, but your legacy Signal groups will start automatically updating to New Groups in the coming weeks. Group calls are currently limited to 5 participants, but we’re working to let you have even more participants in a group call soon. We hope group calls are a helpful new way to connect!

https://signal.org/blog/group-calls/

#signal #messaging #encrypted #group #video #calls

If you want a neutral alternative to pick another messenger share this image. Try to pick decentralized messengers over Signal whenever you can.
https://nitter.snopyta.org/joepie91/status/1347580384905723906

https://web.archive.org/web/20210108184108/http://cryto.net/~joepie91/whatsapp-alternatives.svg

#decentralise #matrix #whatsapp #telegram #signal

https://fosstodon.org/@deletefacebook/105535724171200814

Apparently people are leaving #Signal and are moving back to #whatsapp saying this- I uSe gMaIL iNsTaGrAM cHrOmE aNyWaY. They are sharing news articles and #facebook 's tweets about end to end encryption and blindly believing whatever the spokesperson said. https://polarhive.ml/blog/messengers ~ Read the first few paragraphs in my blog.. Check the next posts for what I mean.

https://fosstodon.org/@deletefacebook/105546128825162754

Facebook shut down Signal’s ads because they exposed too much

Facebook has barred privacy-focused messaging app Signal from running a series of Instagram ads, which would have exposed just how much personal information the photo-sharing network – and its social media behemoth owner – has on individuals as they browse their timeline. Signal had intended to use Instagram’s own third-party advert tools to reveal some of the precise targeting that advertisers can buy access to.

There’s a general acknowledgement these days that advertisers can filter who, exactly, sees their commercials. That makes good business sense, after all: there’s no point in showing ads to people who are unlikely to be interested in your product.

However it’s likely that few mainstream consumers are aware of quite how much targeted information ad network providers like Facebook hold on them. Collated across multiple interactions online – with websites, apps, services, and more – they help build unexpectedly precise profiles about each user. Those profiles can then in turn be sold as visibility filters to more advertisers, so that they can further narrow down their campaigns to whoever they believe will be the most receptive audience.

https://www.slashgear.com/facebook-shut-down-signals-ads-because-they-exposed-too-much-04671574/

💡 read as well:
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/2138

#signal #instagram #facebook #DeleteFacebook #ads #data #thinkabout
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv