sudo dnf remove friends
  • Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world
    36·
    7 days ago

    Does Matrix bridge somehow mean I can use something other than WhatsApp to send messages to people who refuse to use an alternative?

    • Here_for_the_dudes@sh.itjust.works
      43·
      7 days ago

      The bridge just uses whatsapp web (so you will still “use” it). It works like a dream but you need to trust who ever hosts it as the messages to the bridge are unencrypted. But you dont have to use their app anymore.

      • relic__@lemmy.world
        7·
        6 days ago

        This isn’t exactly correct. The bridge terminates the service encryption then applies matrix encryption (if used). So there’s a moment where the messages exist in an unencrypted state, but that’s not the same as bridge -> client being unencrypted.

        So yes unencrypted state exists at the bridge for a period of time, but it’s not perpetually unencrypted.

  • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    Do you let people or programs access your computer unsupervised? Hell no. But I’m supposed to let another person just freely walk around my home and open cupboards and shit!? How about no!?

  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
    94·
    6 days ago

    This is too relatable. The moment I see bloatware I uninstall it. I truly feel the same way about “friends.” I don’t see what purpose they serve other than take up my time and exhaust me.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
    117·
    7 days ago

    IMO the issue with WhatsApp isn’t that it’s proprietary. The issue is that it’s owned by Meta and it’s only free because they slurp down all your private data to target you for ads.

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        6 days ago

        Not yet, but there don’t need to be. As I said, Whatsapp is owned by Meta which is part of a duopoly (along with Google) that controls virtually all ads on the Internet. They slurp all your private data in Whatsapp and use it to target ads to you on every other internet site and every other app where they power the ads. In addition, since Whatsapp has all your contacts, they use that data too. Using what they know about you as part of the ad profile for your mom, your sister, your boyfriend, etc.

      • redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        6 days ago

        That weird blue ai circle I saw them put in the app sure looks like one fat unremovable nag-ad.
        Same with the status stuff. They tried turning it into a social media by shoving crap in your face you didn’t want and making it impossible to remove. How is that not an ad?

      • hansolo@lemmy.today
        26·
        7 days ago

        Right now they collect meta data to map connections to reinforce FB and IG relationships to keep you in their ecosystem. They’ve been trying to work out to ads like Viber has for years.

          • hansolo@lemmy.today
            101·
            6 days ago

            Doesn’t matter, as much info as you shared gets put into a profile. Then what WiFi networks you connect to, your location, plus your old FB profile, all get triangulated to others. So Meta still cares because if you rejoin FB next week, it’ll suggest people it knows you are physically close to.

            I use a creeper FB account at work with zero info even close to me IRL, and because our external IP addresses are the same, of auto suggests any of my colleagues that log on to their FB at work.

    • CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org
      13·
      6 days ago

      also there’s a new critical vulnerability found every year, that will burn your fucking phone in the best case

      • redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        20·
        6 days ago

        That’s untrue. Someone made a modified client that sent message info towards other servers completely independently of signal. That part was compromised.
        It’s like calling aignal compromised because someones phone was hacked.

        Signal can’t protect you from users being an idiot and essentially showing their chat histories to other people over the internet.

    • _stranger_@lemmy.world
      222·
      6 days ago

      Signal has done nothing but good for its users and its own reputation, but the feeling of inevitability, that it’s impossible for them to avoid enshitification, that mostly people just assume it’s a foregone conclusion that signal is now or soon will be, shit.

      I like signal, and I still feel the above about it.

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        10·
        6 days ago

        I mean, I have similar feelings about Valve, but I continue using the product because I know the most crucial and important contributions to the software space (Proton and OpenXR for Valve, Signal’s Client and non-spam-removal server code) has already had source provided to the public, meaning anyone could hard fork and pick up the torch if the current champion falters.

        If a company is publicly traded on the stock market, hasn’t provided source to safeguard against uncertain leadership, and is integral to your software setup, your dependence on them needs to be scrutinized.

        On the other end of the spectrum, if transparency is maintained, even with the inevitable entropy leading to enshittification, their contributions will be preserved and reused. That is the brilliance of providing source of your software.

        • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          It definitely jelps but then we also have Mozilla and other nonprofits not reaching the community’s expectations.