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From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: Virgin Media's Digital Voice system
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:46:08 +0000
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Mark Carver <mark@invalid.com> writes:

> On 14/02/2026 13:24, David Wade wrote:
>
>> I think WhatsApp is popular though because in many countries,
>> e.g. Spain, text messages seem to be chargeable on most contracts and
>> all you need to set it up is a mobile number.
>
> WhatsApp is popular worldwide (except North America ironically),
> because it's a platform agnostic method to sent texts, photos, videos,
> and audio files 'free of charge' to anyone else on the planet.

And the price they pay for this freedom is to have their data stolen by
a criminal organisation.