This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.
So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal… not really because I didn’t care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they’ll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there.
So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance!
(Note: Most of my family and friends don’t really care about privacy.)
(Note 2: This was also posted in c/[email protected], c/[email protected] communities, the m/[email protected] magazine and r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
I think it’s worth doing. One thing about whatsapp is that you can turn on e2ee, if you haven’t, for those who choose not to switch with you but you still want contact with.
I think e2ee is always on in WhatsApp. You don’t need to turn on anything. You may be confusing it with Messenger or Telegram.
gotcha, havent use whatsapp for a while. Good to know. Even with e2ee enabled, what types of data are still known by FB/meta? Like social graphs and such?
For example, who you texted, when and where you texted, for how long you texted etc etc
those are not encrypted.
You better believe that any metadata that can be syphoned by Meta is, that includes profile info, social graphs, who’s calling/messaging who, when, and for how long. AFAIK only message content is e2ee.