misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contactswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoThey cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.
minus-squarelemmeBe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoOf course not. And the often repeated “they use Signal protocol” means diddly squat because the code is closed source. They took Signal protocol at some point, forked it and did good knows what with it since experts cannot review it. 🙄
minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoNo. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoSignal leaks meta data lol
They cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.
Is the code open ?
Of course not. And the often repeated “they use Signal protocol” means diddly squat because the code is closed source. They took Signal protocol at some point, forked it and did good knows what with it since experts cannot review it. 🙄
No. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.
Signal leaks meta data lol