Plan your whatsapp exit plan now if you haven't already done so

What about Riot?

https://f-droid.org/it/packages/im.vector.alpha/

Exactly @Manoj.
It’s the same with me. My mother-in-law just discovered Facebook and WhatsApp two years ago. It’s her way to communicate with folks who live far from her.
Let’s face it: it is way easier than make a phone call.
Like @harvey186, I also consider myself an ā€œeye openerā€ by trying to help people by providing them information. The decision, of course, always rely on each one.
My mind is made up. No Facebook, no Instagram, no Google. I’m just about to get rid of WhatsApp and then I’ll rest… :slight_smile:

Riot is NOT a one in all messenger. I’m talking for one FOSS app with access to all other messenger

What do you mean by ā€œall in one messengerā€ ?

Ok, once again: a messenger with which i can send messages to every other nessager.
With it i can send a message to signal, - whatsapp,-telegram,-xmpp,-facebook users.
Like matrix sever with bridges.

You love the ā€˜matrix bridge users’ in the /e/ telegram group, dont you?? :joy::joy:

Ohh yes, i really love them :face_vomiting:

Why build a phone OS which protect your privacy, and have a built in application store system app called ā€œAppsā€ which is full of applications that do the opposite, applications that will cause ā€œmom and dad, the neighbors, friends and familyā€ -non tech people- to turn their privacy phone back into a spying device?

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You are absolute right to 1000%. I have written/discussed it several times in other posts.
e.foundation see it different :-1:

IMHO /e/ should ship with two app stores: fF-droid for clean apps (no trackers) and Apps for not-so-clean apps…

Because it’s us the USERS which ask them to put those apps in it.

That being said, I have quit what’s app several months ago now. I still use telegram it seems that telegram isn’t any better though. I also use signal but I’m not a big fan of it.

BTW, I just figured out that the normal Telegram app has 2 trackers (many thx to the aurora store) , 1of them is a G@@gle tracker. Then I saw that Telegram X has no trackers at all, so I just installed that and removed the regular Telegram app.

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telegram does have no trackers and it’s not copying the COMPLETE address book to his own server. AND it’s NOT Facebook

Check again buddy, see my previous post.

Can you pls link to it? Thanks.

@dotcoma Can u pls specify to what u need a link?

pease call nobody ā€˜budy’. be polite, please!!!

Ok, didn’t knew that could insult people, my apologies then.

why don’t using the FOSS telegram from f-droid ??

Well, I was wondering if that is the telegram version which also caused the telegram icon to stay permanently on my statusbar and I don’t like that. But maybe u can tell me?

long press on the message from status bar and than ā€˜minimize’ and it’s gone for ever :slight_smile:

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