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[Closed] Alternatives to WhatsApp... What are they, and can they talk to WhatsApp?

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Trillian!

Not just me then…

I was a lifetime member, right up until I seemingly wasn't for reasons I don't fully understand.

I'm just cross that on revisiting it, 'New' ICQ seems to have binned the UIN subscriber number concept. I've never come across anyone with a lower number than mine, they were highly sought after at one time.


 
Posted : 30/01/2021 1:04 am
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What are WA doing with my data, specifically, which I should be concerned about?

They don’t show me any ads, they don’t send me any spam, supposedly they don’t eavedrop as it’s end to end encrypted.

They must be doing something with it, or planning to; Facebook paid $19billion for WhatsApp, they will expect to make that back. Not knowing how they are profiting from your use of it is more worrying than knowing.

Thanks to those who explained that Signal is non-profit open source; I didn't know that and it's a good recommendation for it.

I was a lifetime member, right up until I seemingly wasn’t for reasons I don’t fully understand.

Are you sure you're not dead? Or maybe that Trillian only exists in a parallel universe - it's the kind of thing Trillians do.


 
Posted : 30/01/2021 11:28 am
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They must be doing something with it, or planning to;

Must they? Well, I'm convinced by such a robust argument.

Facebook paid $19billion for WhatsApp, they will expect to make that back.

Facebook bought WhatsApp because WA was a major threat to FB Messenger. They bought out one of their competitors before they got too big for their boots.

Not knowing how they are profiting from your use of it is more worrying than knowing.

Of course it is. If you don't know then you're free to make up what you like.


 
Posted : 30/01/2021 12:43 pm
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