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WhatsApp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work (discuss.techlore.tech)

submitted 3 days ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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I hate WhatsApp, but I am forced to occasionally use it for work and interact with businesses. Years ago, I decided to stop sharing my contacts with WhatsApp to limit the amount of data they got from me. That used to mea…

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[–] amzd@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

P2P video calls are in the works for delta chat, currently experimental but soon just as polished as the rest of the ux

[–] Linearity@piefed.zip 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Delta chat? The IM program built on email?
It’s pretty pointless imo when there are no proper email provider let alone any free ones

[–] SmokeyDope@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

There are dozens of public access Unix servers that offer free email to their users. I can personally attest to using tilde.team for a few years.

https://tildeverse.org/

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Chatmail servers (stripped down email servers that run faster than traditional mail servers and allow only encrypted email, basically eliminating spam) are free to use. You don’t need to use a traditional email provider and delta chat devs encourage chatmail servers instead. (By default you are onboarded on a chatmail server)

These still use the email protocol, making them hard to block by govs, but act more like relays as they only store the messages while in transit.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 3 days ago

I use jabber.