misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contactswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoThey cannot see phone numbers of contacts, no.
minus-squaregeography082@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·7 months agoIs the code open ?
minus-squarelemmeBe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months 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 months agoNo. The Signal app offers similar functionality to WhatsApp core features and is open.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months 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