(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can’t install anything that isn’t from playstore.

    • berty@feddit.org
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      2 months ago

      No, its replaceable. Just delete it, somebody has to make the step. I told my friends and family they can reach me at signal, call me or just send an SMS. I don’t want to judge but it is easier than you may think.

        • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          WhatsApp can never secure our messages because it is not libre software, so we do not control it. Both are trash but at least WhatsApp uses the internet instead of directly costing money like SMS.

          • Eben@lemmy.ca
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            2 months ago

            Me too feel bad when actually am in a degoogled os and successfully quit every privacy invasive platforms except youtube and whatsapp.

            Also if i only used whatsapp for chatting with 2 or 3 persons without giving it any contact details, still it considered as bad ?

            Also am living in india, and my country have no known privacy protection laws like gdpr.

        • berty@feddit.org
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          2 months ago

          Yes it is. But WhatsApp encryption is a joke. Whenever someone is doing a backup with WhatsApp inbuilt backupplan all messages are stored unencrypted in the google cloud by default (WhatsApp and Google have everything in clear text). You can make encrypted backups but they give you a very long key with a warning so nobody does that! When you chat with someone on WhatsApp you can’t see that. I don’t use SMS for sensitive stuff but thinking WhatsApp is secure and E2E is a joke.