• MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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        Oh, that recruitment agent sometime ago.

        Are you using facebook?

        No

        Whatsapp?

        No

        Xing?

        No

        Hey, just send me an E-Mail.

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          Gigachad.
          I on the other hand was actually pleasantly surprised when I got contacted by a recruiter on Matrix , that was the best feeling ever

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        You don’t want their help if they are from the US.

        US heavily uses SMS still.

        No privacy at all.

        That means the government has full access to all your messages.

        Whatsapp on the other hand has E2E for everything.

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      I wish I could say the same but if you want to date you have to here. I despise and absolutely hate how you have to you use a phone number to register. And then every contact you have can add you to a group so everyone there now can have your number.

      I’ve had a stalker before and I hate that stuff like that makes it trivially easy for her to get my number again. I literally can’t understand how women are okay with absolutely shitty systems like this. I really can’t repeat enough how much I strongly hate WhatsApp and how everyone else thinks it’s so good for exactly the reason that I hate it. It’s too easy to send messages despite me never giving you my number to begin with. SMS is the same but you can’t add me to a group without my permission and share my number with a group of people I don’t know.

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        Same. I hate all these messaging apps people use. Unless you need security, then just use the one your phone already has. Otherwise use signal.

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          Signal is centralized and requires a phone number. This is potentially impactful to your anonymity. So, for example if the recipients device is comprised that encryption doesn’t mean much and you may be identifiable.

          All that said, I use Signal. But it’s good to know it’s shortcomings.

          Edit: added potentially. You could certainly have a number not associated with your identity.

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            anonymity, privacy, and security are not inclusive of the other and anonymity is not in scope of signal. SimpleX would be a better option if that’s your goal, although being in beta still, I can’t fully recommend it