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annadane | 2 years ago

But why would anyone use Whatsapp after the Onavo stuff?

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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