And the majority will comply. Facetiming is more important to WA users than privacy.
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P2P video calls are in the works for delta chat, currently experimental but soon just as polished as the rest of the ux
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
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.
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.
I truly hate WhatsApp, but I am forced to use it for all cross-company communication at work. There isnt't even an option to clear all notifications...
Graphene scoped contacts would probably fix this
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Tip of the day: WhatsApp can't have your contacts if you're antisocial (Mr. Robot kind of antisocial) and got no contacts (insert meme with the smiling man pointing to his own head temples)
Seriously, whenever I need to contact someone (often businesses) using Whatsapp, I do so without adding said number to contact list. Rather, I use a F-Droid app capable of spawning a new WhatsApp conversation with a number specified through a text box. Not sure for how long this approach will work, but it's been working so far. I have no contacts so WhatsApp can do whatever they want with my contact list because it's empty. Hah!