@WhatsHerBucket to TechnologyEnglish • 1 month agoU.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattackwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square198arrow-up1635arrow-down14cross-posted to: news
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoEnd-to-end encryption matters if your device isn’t actively trying to sabotage your privacy. If you run Android, Google is guilty of that. If you run Windows in a non-enterprise environment Microsoft is guilty of that. If you run iOS or MacOS, Apple is (very likely) guilty of that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoYup, so I run GrapheneOS without Google at services. It probably doesn’t spy on me, which is nice.
End-to-end encryption matters if your device isn’t actively trying to sabotage your privacy.
If you run Android, Google is guilty of that.
If you run Windows in a non-enterprise environment Microsoft is guilty of that.
If you run iOS or MacOS, Apple is (very likely) guilty of that.
Yup, so I run GrapheneOS without Google at services. It probably doesn’t spy on me, which is nice.