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Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

they make clear to you that Facebook can and will have some metadata, but not the contents of the chat itself.

You thought you're safe and private when the content is encrypted? LOL, no. Metadata are much more useful to Facebook, and to the intelligence services.

“We Kill People Based on Metadata.” -- General Michael Hayden, former Director of NSA and CIA

[–] TheGrandNagus 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My point isn't that metadata isn't useful for them, there's no need to be condescending about things I never said.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

My point is metadata should be protected as content does. While IM platform needs to know which message should be delived to whom, they don't need that after being delivered, nor have it profiled.

[–] TheGrandNagus 2 points 4 months ago

Agreed.