misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contactswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThey cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.
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minus-squarelemmeBe@sh.itjust.worksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoOf course not. And the often repeated “they use Signal protocol” means diddly squat because the code is closed source. They took Signal protocol at some point, forked it and did good knows what with it since experts cannot review it. 🙄
minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNo. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.
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They cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.
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Of course not. And the often repeated “they use Signal protocol” means diddly squat because the code is closed source. They took Signal protocol at some point, forked it and did good knows what with it since experts cannot review it. 🙄
No. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.
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