Volvobrick Supersonic January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4025552/signal-messaging-app-crashes-people-rush-whatsapp-alternative Many like me also migrating to Signal or Telegram! ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beanoyip Turbocharged January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 Jump ship to Signal or telegram. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 one of my chat groups has shifted to Signal 3 days ago. now we are going thru the learning curve. its pretty similar to Telegram. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kb27 Supersonic January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 i switched to telegram with my brother. actually not much difference, it works like whatsapp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 If all your friends/business associate still in WhatsApp, how to switch? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsswan 6th Gear January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 19 minutes ago, inlinesix said: If all your friends/business associate still in WhatsApp, how to switch? I am thinking the same but, somebody has to be first, right? There is a reason we all ended up on WA in the first place. Pretty sure my customers and suppliers can find me on WeChat or TG if I am no longer on WA. I only need to make sure immediate family are contactable, the rest can be done as-and-when. The problem is, even I delete my WA account, my son/wife/friends/colleagues all have me as contacts which means I can be associated with all my son's friend/teacher contacts and my wife's friend/work contacts. Even I don't have a FB account, I know they have my profile stored as a "number" and I can be linked into the same spiders web network, connecting to my contact's contacts as I would be if I had an account - I only make sure they don't get anything from me directly and I stay a "number." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvobrick Supersonic January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, bsswan said: I am thinking the same but, somebody has to be first, right? There is a reason we all ended up on WA in the first place. Pretty sure my customers and suppliers can find me on WeChat or TG if I am no longer on WA. I only need to make sure immediate family are contactable, the rest can be done as-and-when. The problem is, even I delete my WA account, my son/wife/friends/colleagues all have me as contacts which means I can be associated with all my son's friend/teacher contacts and my wife's friend/work contacts. Even I don't have a FB account, I know they have my profile stored as a "number" and I can be linked into the same spiders web network, connecting to my contact's contacts as I would be if I had an account - I only make sure they don't get anything from me directly and I stay a "number." At least FB would not be able to analyze your phone traffic, IP, even battery usage to push adverts to you or your friends. Or sell the data to other 3rd parties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsswan 6th Gear January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 The sad thing is, I still a very good Skype account that people seem to ignore. As part of "Teams for Business" a lot don't even realise how good it still is and don't associate themselves with still using Skype. I would sooner use that, but nobody else does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangadrool Supersonic January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 (edited) Use telex. 🙂 Evidence is proven to be legally recognised in courts. The rest are.... Edited January 11, 2021 by Kangadrool 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratovarius Turbocharged January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 Now I think only old people use wa. Young ones using telegram. Same for fb. Young ones are using what ig, twitter, twitch... Anyway, this new agreement is sharing ur wa info to fb. Not the other way around. I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitvip Supersonic January 11, 2021 Share January 11, 2021 (edited) I have a Telegram acc but I seldom use it. I see more and more of my contacts are joining as well. I will use more TG and ditch WA when the time comes. Edited January 11, 2021 by Fitvip 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdf4786k Twincharged January 12, 2021 Share January 12, 2021 Anyone here worried on the new terms for privacy for WhatsApp? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/whatsapp-new-privacy-terms-facebook-rules-explained-b1784469.html The event that kicked off the changes are WhatsApp’s new terms, and a requirement that users commit to them. Users are, in the last couple of days, being asked to assent to those changes – for now they can choose to leave it until later, but eventually users will no longer be able to keep using the app unless they assent to the new rules. Those new rules include a summary of how WhatsApp will share information with Facebook, and how any shared information might be used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic January 12, 2021 Share January 12, 2021 Discussion already started here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic January 12, 2021 Share January 12, 2021 I dont think it will be any different for other chat groups. There's no such thing as privacy. If they are ordered by world leaders to stop like eg.terrorism from happening they will have to collect your info. How do you think our wan enforce the "possession of explosive blueprint" law w/o invading your privacy? If you really want privacy it will be writing the message on a piece of paper and strapping it to a trained pigeon. 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beregond Supersonic January 12, 2021 Share January 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Watwheels said: I dont think it will be any different for other chat groups. There's no such thing as privacy. If they are ordered by world leaders to stop like eg.terrorism from happening they will have to collect your info. How do you think our wan enforce the "possession of explosive blueprint" law w/o invading your privacy? If you really want privacy it will be writing the message on a piece of paper and strapping it to a trained pigeon. 🤣 there is actually nothing to complain about lol. when we tick agree to their term of use, we accept all their conditions already . beside all the personal info in FB, its we choose to input in, my FB acc other then my old email acc, and my name , almost is totally empty. scare privacy leak, then dun input those data 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsswan 6th Gear January 12, 2021 Share January 12, 2021 I don't see why I should give Zuckerberg information to collate and monetise without giving me any back. If he wants to make money from me, he'll have to work dammed harder for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdf4786k Twincharged January 12, 2021 Share January 12, 2021 (edited) So everyone is very afraid of privacy data law and eavesdropping but are not too concerned about posting travel destination or birthdays patty’s that you attended n posting on IG and Facebook? If WhatsApp can run a data analysis of what I frequent and eat and magically push information to me that the wet market or hawker center is close today and suggest for me to go to other nearby food n try some of the other hawkers that are open during the early hours, that would be awesome.. or am thinking that it’s only skimping data one way n selling to another for financial gains only? Edited January 12, 2021 by Sdf4786k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic January 12, 2021 Share January 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, Beregond said: there is actually nothing to complain about lol. when we tick agree to their term of use, we accept all their conditions already . beside all the personal info in FB, its we choose to input in, my FB acc other then my old email acc, and my name , almost is totally empty. scare privacy leak, then dun input those data Yeah. I also dont do social media. My FB account is there to play games and for logging into public wifi. No pictures, no personal info and no links to friends. ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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