▲ 179 ▼ WhatsApp head confirms ads in the messaging app are still in the works (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) "Privacy conscious WhatsApp users" 😂 My sides. WhatsApp could flip on ads right now, right in the middle of messages and the majority wouldn't switch. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] offbyone@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago They put ads in I'm switching. People can send me SMS for all I care permalink fedilink source parent [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) There'd be at least some Whatsapp users that chose to use it because it's end-to-end encrypted using Signal Protocol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) If you record the screen of somebody typing, it doesn't matter if what they're sending is E2EE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) If any popular messaging apps were recording the screen, it would have been discovered by now. Plenty of people are reverse engineering popular apps all the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago That came out wrong. It's just a way to say that E2EE doesn't matter if you're in an environment or app that has control over everything until the actual message is encrypted and sent. Closed source apps are to be trusted much less than opensource apps in this regard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] offbyone@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago They put ads in I'm switching. People can send me SMS for all I care permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) There'd be at least some Whatsapp users that chose to use it because it's end-to-end encrypted using Signal Protocol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) If you record the screen of somebody typing, it doesn't matter if what they're sending is E2EE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) If any popular messaging apps were recording the screen, it would have been discovered by now. Plenty of people are reverse engineering popular apps all the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago That came out wrong. It's just a way to say that E2EE doesn't matter if you're in an environment or app that has control over everything until the actual message is encrypted and sent. Closed source apps are to be trusted much less than opensource apps in this regard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) If you record the screen of somebody typing, it doesn't matter if what they're sending is E2EE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) If any popular messaging apps were recording the screen, it would have been discovered by now. Plenty of people are reverse engineering popular apps all the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago That came out wrong. It's just a way to say that E2EE doesn't matter if you're in an environment or app that has control over everything until the actual message is encrypted and sent. Closed source apps are to be trusted much less than opensource apps in this regard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) If any popular messaging apps were recording the screen, it would have been discovered by now. Plenty of people are reverse engineering popular apps all the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago That came out wrong. It's just a way to say that E2EE doesn't matter if you're in an environment or app that has control over everything until the actual message is encrypted and sent. Closed source apps are to be trusted much less than opensource apps in this regard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago That came out wrong. It's just a way to say that E2EE doesn't matter if you're in an environment or app that has control over everything until the actual message is encrypted and sent. Closed source apps are to be trusted much less than opensource apps in this regard. permalink fedilink source parent