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I am trying to convince my group to switch from WhatsApp to Signal and we plan to vote on it soon. So, I plan to use the replies in this thread to compile a list of reasons to use as talking points. Preferably, I need something that can be understood on a personal level as some of my friends are deeply cynical and have no concern about escaping techno-feudalism and surveillance.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

and recently they figured out how to use the OS's notification database to collect some cache and read the notifications Signal sends

[–] homes@piefed.world 28 points 2 days ago

fortunately, most OSs now offer granular enough notification controls so they can be set to just notify users when messages are received and nothing more.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On one OS. You can tune Signal not to display the notification contents. Moreover, if you're on iOS and actually expect privacy, you should probably reflect on your choices a little more.

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Realistically iOS is more private than base android at this point

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

But not Graphene. I've yet to hear about this exploit on Android. Curious if it holds true.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

... Because the person had message previews in notifs turned on

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

But only thanks to Apples ability to see and obtain every notification that lands on your phone.

I'll add this; A stock apple phone can not be made privacy centric.

A base android phone may not be as privacy respecting as apple, but can be made far more privacy respecting then the apple phone could ever possibly be

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Sure, but it def depends on the manufacturer