top | item 35555864 (no title) annadane | 2 years ago But why would anyone use Whatsapp after the Onavo stuff? discuss order hn newest JohnFen|2 years ago I use WhatsApp to talk to friends in other nations who only use WhatsApp. I don't consider it to be a secure communications channel. dijit|2 years ago Care to elaborate? All I can find is that Meta bought a VPN company under that name.Was it forced into Whatsapp somehow? hakanderyal|2 years ago Billions of people using it creates a strong network effect... annadane|2 years ago Sure, network effects are hard to overcome; my point is that Zuckerberg bought it as a competition killing move so they're not likely to put any quality control into it load replies (1)
JohnFen|2 years ago I use WhatsApp to talk to friends in other nations who only use WhatsApp. I don't consider it to be a secure communications channel.
dijit|2 years ago Care to elaborate? All I can find is that Meta bought a VPN company under that name.Was it forced into Whatsapp somehow?
hakanderyal|2 years ago Billions of people using it creates a strong network effect... annadane|2 years ago Sure, network effects are hard to overcome; my point is that Zuckerberg bought it as a competition killing move so they're not likely to put any quality control into it load replies (1)
annadane|2 years ago Sure, network effects are hard to overcome; my point is that Zuckerberg bought it as a competition killing move so they're not likely to put any quality control into it load replies (1)
JohnFen|2 years ago
dijit|2 years ago
Was it forced into Whatsapp somehow?
hakanderyal|2 years ago
annadane|2 years ago