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I agree,
No farcebook, twitter or whatever else, it keeps things nice and quiet around here.
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Many of my friends are suggesting Signal as an alternative.
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Including Musk and Snowden. 
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Gradually dragging the rest of my family over to Signal...
So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8
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I think it was WhatsApp my daughter (on the other side of the planet) wanted me to sign up to, but it might have been one of the others.
When I saw it wanted access to my address book I ran screaming.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It surprised you that an app that enables you to write messages to your contacts needs access to your contacts? 
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There is a real difference between
Hey app, start a chat with this phone number. and
Hey data slurpers, have a couple of hundred of my contacts, many of them unlisted.
Another reason I decline the "sync my data across devices" offers. If I want to move data across my devices, I'll use ssh with my own ECDSA-etc, thankyou.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Never used it myself, daughter does. Looking for alternatives. Found this, can't vouch for any:
Top 5 WhatsApp Alternatives in 2021 [Best For Privacy & Safety][^]
I think she was looking into Signal but, like anything else, has to coordinate with her friend on the other side of the pond.
Good luck.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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There is not alternative that doesn't do the same thing, or that won't be changed to do the same thing. Money isn't made from the app itself - it's made from the data it gathers.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Exactly - someone on here said once - if they don't charge for the product - you are the product ( think it was OG )
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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The problem with these apps is that they're only alternatives if your friends use them too.
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Guess what - they've been doing this since WhatsApp was invented. They're just now getting around to telling you about it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Yes.
Use Signal or Telegram instead.
I have installed Signal on my phone and am requesting my family and friends to install it as well so that my communications stay private.
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And if you were part of the Capital riots, we'll share that info too. Ha, ha, ha.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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WhatsApp is handy, but definitely not irreplaceable - e.g. Signal, Viber, etc. The problem is, if you move to Viber, (for instance), you need all of your contacts to do the same. Yep! Not going to happen! I'm guessing most of us are going to accept the new terms - as it's easier! We have better things to be doing with our lives than trying to organise a mass exodus from WhatsApp. I'm not condoning it. Just saying.
I suspect it would be a whole lot easier for people to close their FarceBook account, (although I'm not on it, so not an expert), so maybe that's a better place to (un)register your objections.
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The point that most bothers me (personally) is not the fact that they already do that as stated in this article, for me the most annoying (but not surprising) part is how MZ has lied us in the face. Secondly if they already make money with us and our information, why are they going to insert publicity in (not confirmed yet, but rumours increasing)?.
That "fvck you all" position is what irritates me most.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Because given that it starts every episode of your life, it's technically your theme song ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: Because given that it starts every episode of your life, it's technically your theme song ...
That would mean I have a snooze button too to pause/delay ... 
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Oh, if only life had a "pause" button! I suspect it would be broken after last year ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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yup .. cue them from 'The Exorcist'
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Old age eliminates the need for an alarm. Anyway, mine sounds a lot like snoring.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Regardless of the rights or wrongs of it (and that's political, so I'll stay well clear) it means one important thing:
We all have more followers than the President of the USA.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: We all have more followers than the President of the USA.
only if you are on twitter 
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You realize you can have followers here? Hover over your username and select "My Followers" from the drop down.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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