• zergtoshi@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Security rarely comes in absolutes. Whatsapp doesn’t appear to be open source. That alone makes it security wise a worse choice than Signal.

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        11 months ago

        That’s another viewing angle coming to the same result :)
        But even before Fcbook purchased Whatsapp, it’d have been the worse choice than Signal.
        Nowadays Whatsapp is a very bad choice in a lot of ways except for network effect, which is the only real strength of it.
        Speaking of network effect: back when Signal was TextSecure, I could message a total of 2 (two!) contacts with it and the UX was far from being awesome.
        Signal has come a long way. The UX is great and I can message a lot of my contacts on Signal now.

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          11 months ago

          The homies are all on Signal now, everyone else is on iMessage. It’s been a struggle, but we are getting there.