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Is #WhatsApp introducing #ads the last straw for you?
noyb.eu/en/whatsapp-getting-ad…
Consider using #Prav instead, which is:
🗳️ community-driven, so you can push for features you like, and, more importantly, vote against changes you dislike!
🆓 freedom-respecting, so you can fork the code to make things work the way you want
standards-based, using the #XMPP protocol
🌐 part of the federated #Jabber network, so you can switch apps and instances without having to drag everyone else along with you!
WhatsApp is getting ads using personal data from Instagram and Facebook
Meta is expanding its ads business on WhatsApp using your data from Instagram and Facebooknoyb.eu
#deltachat is secure against server-side group membership changes but for a very different reason than #signal which keeps encrypted group membership data in a central store.
Delta Chat has _no_ central store but implements a rigidly tested #p2p group membership model where servers play no role github.com/chatmail/models/tre…
Both signal and delta chat are safe against recently published attacks against #whatsapp that can add members to chats, breaking end to end encryption. arstechnica.com/security/2025/…
WhatsApp provides no cryptographic management for group messages
The weakness creates the possibility of an insider or hacker adding rogue members.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
We asked, you answered! Here's Tuta's updated list of best #WhatsApp alternatives in 2025 👏
Which one is your favorite? 🤔Do comment below - or check out our detailed review first! 👉tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-al…
Best WhatsApp Alternatives 2025 | Go Private & Secure! | Tuta
Free encrypted messengers similar to WhatsApp for iPhone, Android and desktops exist, and some open source apps don't ask for a phone number.Tuta
FBI Warning on Messaging Apps: Time to Rethink What "Secure" Really Means
The FBI recently urged Americans to switch from SMS to encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal.
Read More at: puri.sm/posts/fbi-raises-alarm…
#Cybersecurity #Privacy #Surveillance #Signal #WhatsApp
FBI Raises Alarm on Encrypted Messaging Apps: A New Front in the Battle for Digital Privacy and National Security – Purism
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Noticed #MetaAI is now in #WhatsApp? 🫣 If this concerns you, you're not alone 💛
In our latest guide, we look at how you can get rid of Meta AI 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…
How to turn off Meta AI? You can’t, but... | Tuta
Noticed an AI assistant is now in your WhatsApp? Meta’s AI feature is now being rolled out in the EU and you can’t turn it off – but you can stop the AI invasion by opting for privacy-focused alternatives.Tuta
Meta is collecting your #WhatsApp metadata 👉 Protect your communications with these European alternatives to WhatsApp!
WhatsApp shares:
✅ Your location
✅ Your device
✅ Who you're writing
✅ When you write them
✅ How often you write them
✅ Whether they reply
Are you already using one of these #PrivateMessengers?🔒
Bonjour ici, dans le cadre de mon projet MIO ⊛ je fais un sondage pour savoir combien vous êtes prêt à payer un service pour chatter depuis une seule appli et un seul compte avec des gens sur #xmpp #matrix #sip mais aussi #whatsapp et #facebook_messenger sans avoir de compte chez eux !!
Si c’est pas clair, un peu plus de détails là : mio.chat/
#interoperabilite avec #mio_chat
#boost apprécié ! 🙏 🤗
- 1€ par an (23%, 3 votes)
- 1€ par mois (84%, 11 votes)
- 10€ par mois (0%, 0 votes)
My grandmother recently got locked out of #WhatsApp because her phone broke, and the spare one we had on hand is one WhatsApp has decided is too old to run on 💀
Fortunately, #XMPP has no such qualms! She's currently keeping up with the family group chat on #Quicksy while others of us use #Conversations, #DinoIM, and #Gajim. (Of course, extended family and friends are another matter 😔)
This serves as a reminder that closed apps may close you out—but open protocols have your back forever!
that is why I don't like people recommending moving from #WhatsApp to #Signal, better use messengers that don't depend on US servers and companies, like European messengers like #ArcaneChat
I really recommend you to give a try to #DeltaChat anonymous login without any phone number or any private data required, you can create as many accounts and add as many devices as you want, all work smoothly no encryption problems with multi-device etc and it has a better interface than #matrix on the level of #WhatsApp and #Telegram super user-friendly and painless to onboard family and friends
And you LITERALLY own your data and can browse it and search it offline
#WhatsApp shares its metadata with #Meta
They know:
✅ Your location
✅ Your device
✅ Who you're writing
✅ When you write them
✅ How often you write them
✅ Whether they reply
Stop this tracking with a #privacy-first alternatives: 👉 tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-al…
What is your favorite?
Best WhatsApp Alternatives For 2024 | Time To Go Private! | Tuta
Review: Lots of messengers are similar to WhatsApp for Android, iPhone and desktop, and some don't ask for a phone number.Tuta
🚨 Welke gegevens van je zou #Meta nog meer allemaal gebruiken om #AI te trainen? 🤔
tweakers.net/nieuws/231648/met…
#WhatsApp heeft al AI in de app...🤷 faq.whatsapp.com/1002544104126…
Zeker zijn dat je privégesprekken en data niet en nooit worden gebruikt? Kies #Signal: signal.org/install
'Meta gebruikte ruim 80TB aan illegaal verkregen data om AI te trainen'
Meta gebruikte naar verluidt ruim 80TB aan illegaal verkregen data om het Llama-llm te trainen. Werknemers van het bedrijf zouden onder meer ruim 35TB aan documenten uit Z-Library en LibGen hebben gedownload aan de hand van torrents.Yannick Spinner (Tweakers)
📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!
For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.
Help spread the word.
#WhatsApp #Signal #Reddit #Lemmy #X #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #Facebook #friendica #Youtube #Peertube #Tiktok #loops
migrating from #WhatsApp to another centralized platform is not a real solution, that's why we are here in the #Fediverse and not in #BlueSky
Migrate from #WhatsApp to #DeltaChat and other decentralized alternatives, break free out of the silos once and for all and stop feeding billionaires/CEO incubators
#ArcaneChat #XMPP #Matrix #SimpleX #Session #decentralization #encryption
![FEBRUARY 1ST 2025 GLOBAL SWITCH DAY WhatsApp to [matrix] white text / logos on plain green | black background](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/631000 "FEBRUARY 1ST 2025 GLOBAL SWITCH DAY WhatsApp to [matrix] white text / logos on plain green | black background")
Signal is a secure messenger, but there are interesting alternatives, such as @matrix , @session , @delta , @simplex or XMPP …
➡️ matrix.org
➡️ delta.chat
➡️ simplex.chat
➡️ xmpp.org
If you’d like to learn more about these options, have a look at the responses to this toot.
#matrix #session #signal #XMPP #messenger #decentralized #tech #technology #OpenSource #FOSS #WhatsApp #security #InfoSec #data #safety
Session | Send Messages, Not Metadata. | Private Messenger
Session is a private messenger that aims to remove any chance of metadata collection by routing all messages through an onion routing network.Session
Gebruik je #WhatsApp? Dan support je #Meta. #Instagram is ook van Meta.
"Het is dinsdag niet mogelijk om verschillende zoekopdrachten gerelateerd aan politieke tegenstanders van Donald Trump uit te voeren via Instagram."
Wil je werkelijk een bedrijf met zulke ondemocratische praktijken steunen?
Maak de switch je kunt het! Heb je vragen, laat het me weten!
Schakel over naar @signalapp of @matrix
nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/01/21/insta…
#BanWhatsapp #BanMeta #signal #signalapp #matrix #opensource #FOSS
By popular demand, a single post to boost global switch day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025.
For those who can no longer get behind Musk or Meta's new policies and feel like switching (e.g. from #Whatsapp to #Signal, from #Instagram to #Pixelfed or from #X to #Mastodon) I made you some graphics to use freely in communicating with your contacts.
Let’s lead by example 🙂
Die Welt ist voller Messenger und gefühlt nutzen die allermeisten #WhatsApp, #Telegram oder #Signal.
Alle haben ihre individuellen Vor- und Nachteile und wer sich dann noch die die üblichen Sicherheitsseiten anschaut, z.B. @kuketzblog , wird schnell feststellen: Es gibt nicht DEN einen Messenger, den alle gut finden.
Warum ich unter den verfügbaren Alternativen neben @signalapp @matrix nutze, habe ich hier zusammengefasst:
Was ist Matrix? | BSDbox.
Dieser Server dient uns als eine Informations- bzw. Austauschs-Plattform für alle Menschen, die sich konstruktiv und kreativ mit den Themen FreeBSD, LINUX, IT-Sicherheit und allgemeinen Netzwerkthemen befassen und austauschen möchten.bsdbox.de
Das sollte man in Bezug auf die Nutzung von kommerziellem #SocialMedia und #Kommunikation nicht unbeachtet lassen, vielleicht auch besonders in #digitaleKirche:
#Meta unterstützt #Trump Amtseinführung finanziell mit großer Summe:
bbc.com/news/articles/c8j9e1x9…
#Instagram #Facebook #WhatsApp #FediKirche
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund
It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president.Liv McMahon (BBC News)
Just "released" the first usable version of #Convo, an #XMPP messaging app for #KaiOS and #JioPhone feature phones!
git.disroot.org/badrihippo/con…
I was hoping to release a more complete version as 1.0, but that's taking a while, and people are already starting to use it as it is (especially with the impending shuttering of #WhatsApp on KaiOS) so I decided to get this out right away 📦
I've also submitted to the #BananaStore, so hopefully it should be out there soon 🍌
convo
A (simple, very basic) Jabber/XMPP client for KaiOS [WIP]Disroot Forgejo: Brace yourself, merge conflicts ahead.
Werft mal einen Blick auf die Messenger-Matrix. Trotz aller Bemühungen kann es sein, dass nicht alle Informationen zu den Messengern aktuell sind. In diesem Fall bitte ich um Rückmeldung, damit ich die Matrix anpassen kann. ❤️ 👇
messenger-matrix.de/messenger-…
FAQ: codeberg.org/kuketzblog/www.me…
#briar #conversations #xmpp #deltachat #discord #element #matrix #facebook #google #imessage #jami #line #session #signal #simplex #siskin #skype #telegram #teleguard #threema #viber #whatsapp #wire
www.messenger-matrix.de
Die Messenger-Matrix bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenen (technischen) Merkmale diverser Messenger. Die Matrix wird auf www.messenger-matrix.de gehostet.Codeberg.org
Nee, ik heb dus geen WhatsApp: bartavi.nl/bericht/geen-whatsa…
Geen WhatsApp - Bartavi
Berichten over het (digiale) leven van Bart Groeneveld (A.D. 1995), een computermannetje uit de Betuwe.bartavi.nl
#WhatsApp for #Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning
Granted, Python needs to be installed on the system prior.
Meta says they will not bother to fix this, despite maintaining a built-in list of potentially dangerous file types (ex: .exe)
«Damit die Attacke gelingt, muss allerdings Python auf dem Zielgerät installiert sein. Daher sind in erster Linie Softwareentwickler und Poweruser anfällig für diese Sicherheitslücke.»
— oder Schüler, die an die Materie "Programmierung" herangeführt werden. Potentiell mögliche Opfer also
#Whatsapp-Sicherheitslücke erlaubt Skript-Ausführung | heise online heise.de/news/Whatsapp-Sicherh… #Bug #MetaPlatforms #Python 
Whatsapp-Sicherheitslücke erlaubt Skript-Ausführung
Eine Sicherheitslücke in WhatsApp für Windows erlaubt das Versenden von Programm-Anhängen, die beim Öffnen direkt ohne Vorwarnung starten.Ulrich Schmitz (heise online)
Mon retour d'experience sur un an d'utilisarion d'une passerelle #XMPP / #Whatsapp – Tuxicoman
quick tip, how to filter chats on WhatsApp - Accessible Android
WhatsApp is one of the world's most popular chat apps. Recently, WhatsApp has added the ability to filter chats to display all, unread, or group chats. Here'sKareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)
Prav Messaging App for iOS - Open Collective
Prav is a messaging app built on Quicksy IM and available on Android. We are currently in private beta. This fund raiser is to build Prav iOS app based on Quicksy iOS by Monal project. See About section to learn more.opencollective.com
#Followerpower ist gefragt. Nachdem großen Update der Messenger-Matrix habe ich noch den Line-Messenger ergänzt. Ich bitte alle #Follower mal einen prüfenden Blick auf die Matrix zu werfen - insbesondere auf jene Messenger, die ihr selbst benutzt. Sollten Angaben nicht stimmen bzw. überarbeitet werden, so meldet das bitte. Entweder hier oder über die Projektseite.
messenger-matrix.de/messenger-…
#messenger #element #matrix #signal #simplex #telegram #line
#threema #viber #whatsapp #wire
Messenger-Matrix • Kuketz IT-Security Blog
Gegenüberstellung sicherheits- und datenschutzrelevanter Eigenschaften von Messengernwww.messenger-matrix.de
Blazing fast Matrix, Native E2EE Group Calls, state of the art auth and potential WhatsApp interop.
Matthew covers the last year in Matrix and how it can be used to speed up the opening of communications silo required by the EU Digital Markets Act
#matrix #e2ee #voip #oidc #dma #whatsapp #silos
FOSDEM 2024 - Opening up communication silos with Matrix 2.0 and the EU Digital Markets Act
What role does Matrix play in opening up communications silo, as mandated by the EU Digital Markets Act? Matthew walks us through this, after a general updat...YouTube
NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.
— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.
— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards
— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable
wired.com/story/whatsapp-inter… #tech #whatsapp #dma #infosec #news #technology
WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps
New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.Matt Burgess (WIRED)
Meta thinks your #privacy is for sale.
Would you pay 160 euros per year to Facebook & Instagram for respecting your right to privacy?
Here's more info: tuta.com/blog/meta-pay-for-pri…
#dataprotection #gdpr #consent #socialmedia #meta #facebook #instgram #whatsapp
Meta Wants You to Pay for Privacy so Poor People Are Deprived of Their Right to Privacy. Is This Even Legal?
Meta's approach of 'pay for your privacy' is wrong in so many ways. Let's find out why!Tutanota
- Yes (4%, 18 votes)
- No (95%, 376 votes)
Quick Tip: Disabling Video Message Recording on WhatsApp - Accessible Android
WhatsApp, the widely popular chat app, introduced a recent feature allowing users to send short video messages, in the same way used for sending voiceEditorial Staff (Accessible Android)