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56 votes
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The Slack controversy has opened a whole new can of worms
So Slack has been in the news since last couple of days and after wondering what dastardly thing did they do this time to deserve the wrath of Internet Gods, I decided to Google and found that...
So Slack has been in the news since last couple of days and after wondering what dastardly thing did they do this time to deserve the wrath of Internet Gods, I decided to Google and found that they used the folks' private chat data to train their AI models.
But when I went through the discussions, some folks don't think of this as a big deal at all, some are actually defending Slack. They say, "So what, others like Microsoft and Google and Apple do this all the time with your and my data?". Do you agree with this line of thinking?
At some point, I think this is going to be a privacy nightmare. Imagine Facebook doing something like this with WhatsApp chat data? I think there are some regulations in EU/US preventing Meta from combining the WhatsApp data with their other components but such regulations don't exist in all countries and nothing prevents Meta from exploiting data of users from those countries.
What do you think about this? I think Slack needs to be called out more, not less. And something needs to be done to prevent this situation from happening again.
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Sweden's public sector has ditched Big Tech in the name of privacy as a major telecom provider unveiled a new secure collaboration hub
14 votes -
WhatsApp announces messaging interoperability in response to Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA)
27 votes -
Signal messenger releases 'usernames' so you no longer need to tell someone your phone number in order for them to message you
59 votes -
WhatsApp chats will soon work with other encrypted messaging apps
17 votes -
Beeper Mini is back
45 votes -
Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android
64 votes -
It looks like Facebook will be forcing me to switch to Messenger. What are my options?
Today when I opened Messenger Lite there was a message from Meta saying " your chats will be moving to Messenger" and that Messenger Lite will stop working on September 18. I actively switched...
Today when I opened Messenger Lite there was a message from Meta saying " your chats will be moving to Messenger" and that Messenger Lite will stop working on September 18. I actively switched from Messenger to Messenger Lite several years ago because the regular Messenger app was draining my battery. Are there any alternatives to Messenger Lite on Android? Perhaps even FOSS?Or will my only option be to move to the old Messenger app if I want to use Facebook messenger? I have some work related groups on Messenger that would be tough to move to another platform, so Please don't just say "use Signal" or something similar.
28 votes -
Yup hacks together a cross-posting app for X, Threads, Bluesky and others
18 votes -
Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive
74 votes -
Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned
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No more phone number swaps: Signal messaging app now testing usernames
46 votes -
Facebook’s new AI stickers can generate Elmo with a knife
45 votes -
Matrix 2.0: The future of Matrix
12 votes -
Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its E2EE messaging protocol
26 votes -
Quantum resistance and the Signal Protocol
23 votes -
A literary history of fake texts in Apple’s marketing materials
27 votes -
WhatsApp is working on cross-platform messaging
18 votes -
Apple threatens to pull FaceTime and iMessage in the UK over proposed surveillance law changes
71 votes -
Social media decline: Users are shifting to messaging apps and group chats
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Messaging programs: which is better privacy - browser versions or dedicated apps?
I use Slack, WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook's Messenger. On my computers, rather than installing dedicated apps, I've always just used these services' browser versions. It allows me to block ads...
I use Slack, WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook's Messenger. On my computers, rather than installing dedicated apps, I've always just used these services' browser versions. It allows me to block ads with my browser's ad blocker and modify the UIs with other extensions that I use.
But in terms of privacy — and more specifically, in terms of what the service has access to outside of their own walled gardens — is there a difference between using these services through a browser or their dedicated apps? I use both Windows and Mac computers, if that makes a difference. My browser of choice is Firefox and I run the services in their own containers.
On my phone, I just use the provided apps and get notifications that way. I am well aware that most of these protocols are not great for privacy to begin with, but I'm not currently looking for other messaging systems.
21 votes -
Google Messages signs onto cross-platform encrypted group chat standard
53 votes -
Apple fixes zero-days used to deploy Triangulation spyware via iMessage
8 votes -
Brazilian supreme court Minister to take legal action against Telegram
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Signal removing support for SMS in Android
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Signal’s president Meredith Whittaker on what’s next for the private messaging app
8 votes -
Signal messenger introduces stories
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Telegram is auctioning off rare usernames on the TON blockchain
4 votes -
The Matrix Summer Special 2022
9 votes -
Testing end-to-end encrypted backups and more on Messenger
15 votes -
The code the FBI used to wiretap the world
7 votes -
Telegram celebrates 700M users and introduces Telegram Premium
7 votes -
Analysis by computer science professor shows that "Google Phone" and "Google Messages" send data to Google servers without being asked and without the user's knowledge, continuously
11 votes -
Who is behind QAnon? Linguistic detectives find fingerprints.
10 votes -
Google is wrong. Apple’s iMessage is actually a failure.
12 votes -
After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful
34 votes -
How Signal is playing with fire: A push into untraceable payments could put end-to-end encryption at risk
12 votes -
Humans are not instant—so why is all of our technology?
10 votes -
Element One - All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place
21 votes -
Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp are all down
47 votes -
Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years
27 votes -
More details about Facebook's October 4th outage
10 votes -
Telegram founder says over seventy million new users joined during Facebook outage
15 votes -
A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps
22 votes -
Element raises $30 million to boost Matrix development
17 votes -
US FBI secretly ran the An0m encrypted messaging platform, yields hundreds of arrests in global sting
7 votes -
The Matrix Spaces beta
14 votes -
Inventive grandson builds Telegram messaging machine for 96-year-old grandmother
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In defense of Signal
12 votes