Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agoSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down12
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoWhat are the major differences between what you can do on Whatsapp vs Signal?
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoWhatsapp let’s you donate your contact list and social network to meta for them to resell.
minus-squareOf the Air (cele/celes)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down6·4 days agoSource?
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIt requires access to your contacts to work on Android. That is, you cannot type in a phone number. That’s an intentional choice.
minus-squareOf the Air (cele/celes)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoOh, that’s yucky. Thanks for the information, we haven’t used it since it got bought by Facebook.
minus-squaresolarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agohttps://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/
minus-squaremholiv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoWhere you unable to find this without a provided link?
minus-squareGold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoit is just a messaging app, legit the exact same. group chats, image and video, previews to links i send, it even has a way higher level of customisability that i haven’t found elsewhere.
What are the major differences between what you can do on Whatsapp vs Signal?
Whatsapp let’s you donate your contact list and social network to meta for them to resell.
Source?
It requires access to your contacts to work on Android. That is, you cannot type in a phone number. That’s an intentional choice.
Oh, that’s yucky. Thanks for the information, we haven’t used it since it got bought by Facebook.
https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en
https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/
Thank you!
Where you unable to find this without a provided link?
Yes.
it is just a messaging app, legit the exact same. group chats, image and video, previews to links i send, it even has a way higher level of customisability that i haven’t found elsewhere.