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WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app

Started byArlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
First post2021-01-07 19:25 +0000
Last post2021-01-13 22:54 +0100
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  WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-07 19:25 +0000
    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app  Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-07 19:32 +0000
      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-10 14:18 +0000
        Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-01-11 21:47 +0100
          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-11 19:25 -0500
            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-12 01:48 +0000
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-12 02:31 +0000
            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-12 17:02 +0100
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-12 14:32 -0500
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-12 22:03 +0100
                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-13 10:26 +0100
                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-13 16:12 +0100
            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-12 20:07 +0000
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-12 22:06 +0100
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2021-01-12 16:12 -0500
                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-13 15:02 +0000
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-12 19:49 -0500
                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-13 14:06 +0000
                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-13 10:29 -0500
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-13 16:08 +0000
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-13 12:37 -0500
                        Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-13 19:52 +0000
                          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2021-01-13 18:11 -0500
                            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 16:20 +0100
                              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-14 17:27 -0500
                                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 23:48 +0100
                          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 16:18 +0100
                            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 03:36 +1100
                              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 21:22 +0100
                            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2021-01-14 09:41 -0800
                              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-14 14:33 -0500
                                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 20:16 +0000
                                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-14 15:43 -0500
                                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 23:09 +0100
                                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-14 22:54 -0800
                                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 19:26 +1100
                                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-15 09:33 +0000
                                        Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 18:32 -0800
                                          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-16 09:56 +0000
                                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-15 09:32 +0000
                                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 23:20 -0800
                                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 13:24 +0000
                                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-15 15:41 +0100
                                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 21:30 +0100
                                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-14 20:37 +0000
                                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-14 17:14 -0500
                            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2021-01-14 13:22 -0500
                              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 21:34 +0100
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-13 09:44 -0700
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-13 12:42 -0500
                        Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-13 13:49 -0700
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2021-01-13 12:52 -0500
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-13 02:36 +0000
                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-13 16:16 +0100
          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-12 01:36 +0000
            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@gmailCAPITALS.com.INVALID> - 2021-01-12 08:48 +0100
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-12 15:38 +0000
                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@gmailCAPITALS.com.INVALID> - 2021-01-14 21:12 +0100
          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-12 16:57 +0100
            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-12 22:08 +0100
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-13 02:36 +0000
                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-13 22:41 +0100
                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-13 13:44 -0800
              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-13 22:38 +0100
                Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 02:51 +0100
                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Savageduck <savageduck1@removespam.me.com> - 2021-01-13 20:31 -0600
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> - 2021-01-14 08:06 +0000
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 15:35 +0100
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-14 14:51 +0000
                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2021-01-14 14:33 +1100
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 14:34 +0100
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 03:29 +1100
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-14 22:59 +0000
                        Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-14 16:43 -0800
                        Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-15 03:33 +0100
                          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-15 16:03 +0000
                            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2021-01-16 05:55 +1100
                  Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-14 13:28 +0000
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 14:51 +0100
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-14 15:16 +0000
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-14 19:56 +0000
                    Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-14 13:55 +0000
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-14 15:12 +0000
                      Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2021-01-14 16:29 -0500
                        Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-14 17:26 -0500
                          Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 23:38 +0100
                            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-14 20:22 -0500
                              Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-15 03:38 +0100
            Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2021-01-13 22:54 +0100

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#73464

FromArlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Date2021-01-13 02:36 +0000
Message-ID<rtlmbl$dbh$2@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#73443
On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:08:20 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.

I don't use WhatsApp except when I need to converse with people in Europe.
o The bummer is that _they_ use WhatsApp.

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#73546

FromJoerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch>
Date2021-01-13 22:41 +0100
Message-ID<rtnpe8$bag$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#73464
Am 13.01.21 um 03:36 schrieb Arlen Holder:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:08:20 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
> 
> I don't use WhatsApp except when I need to converse with people in Europe.
> o The bummer is that _they_ use WhatsApp.

And Americans use the even more stupid Facebook-App. Both belong to
Zucky. And exaqctly that is the illegal part of the whole process.

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#73547

Fromsms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
Date2021-01-13 13:44 -0800
Message-ID<rtnpjj$d57$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#73546
On 1/13/2021 1:41 PM, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
> Am 13.01.21 um 03:36 schrieb Arlen Holder:
>> On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:08:20 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>
>> I don't use WhatsApp except when I need to converse with people in Europe.
>> o The bummer is that _they_ use WhatsApp.
> 
> And Americans use the even more stupid Facebook-App. Both belong to
> Zucky. And exaqctly that is the illegal part of the whole process.

Getting the whole world to switch from WhatsApp to Signal is not going 
to be easy since WhatsApp is heavily used in so many countries.

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#73545

FromJoerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch>
Date2021-01-13 22:38 +0100
Message-ID<rtnp96$bag$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#73443
Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be facebooked?*
>>>>
>>>> I don't know why.
>>>
>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>
>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>
>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough. Even
>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
> 
> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.

Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
personal phone call.
Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
but ...

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#73571

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2021-01-14 02:51 +0100
Message-ID<7lk4dh-a8d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#73545
On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
> Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be facebooked?*
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know why.
>>>>
>>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>
>>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>>
>>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough. Even
>>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>
>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
> 
> Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
> I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
> available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
> Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
> personal phone call.
> Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
> but ...

Because the modern people do not phone unless it is an emergency and the
only way. If the people I want to share messages with use wasap, /I
have/ to use wasap to chat with them.

If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and I
will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.

More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend on
other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.


I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts are there,
but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used. So basically,
Telegram is useless to me.

Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS, and the
situation is not going to change anytime soon.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#73573

FromSavageduck <savageduck1@removespam.me.com>
Date2021-01-13 20:31 -0600
Message-ID<ft2dne9DIO-KMGLCnZ2dnUU7-XvNnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#73571
On Jan 13, 2021 at 5:51:03 PM PST, ""Carlos E.R."" <robin_listas@es.invalid>
wrote:

> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>  Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>  On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>  Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>>  On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>  Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>>  o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be facebooked?*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  I don't know why.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>> 
>>>>  Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>>>  Laws and would be illegal.
>>>> 
>>>>  Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough. Even
>>>>  if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>> 
>>>  Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>  
>>  Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>>  I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>>  available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>>  Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>>  personal phone call.
>>  Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>>  but ...
> 
> Because the modern people do not phone unless it is an emergency and the
> only way. If the people I want to share messages with use wasap, /I
> have/ to use wasap to chat with them.
> 
> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and I
> will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.
> 
> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend on
> other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.
> 
> 
> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts are there,
> but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used. So basically,
> Telegram is useless to me.
> 
> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS, and the
> situation is not going to change anytime soon.

I am in California, and I use a mix of methods to communicate with friends &
family; FaceTime/Messages, Skype/Skypeout, & WhatsApp. For WhatsApp I have one
contact in the UK, one in NZ, and 4 in SouthAfrica, and it has worked
faultlessly. 

I have 2 landline contacts in South Africa with no mobile access, for them I
use Skype Out.

I have had Signal installed on my iPhone for over a year, but until last week
I had no contact using it. In a chat with one of my South African contacts the
WhatsApp TOS came up so we ran a Signal connection trial. The text messaging
works well on Signal, but when it came to Voice, we have not been able to make
a connection. I will only drop WhatsApp if Signal is able to deliver a stable,
and consistent voice connection. 
-- 
Regards,
Savageduck

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#73580

FromBernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de>
Date2021-01-14 08:06 +0000
Message-ID<i6acboF7ppdU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#73573
On 14. Jan 2021 at 03:31:51 CET, "Savageduck"
<savageduck1@removespam.me.com> wrote:

> I will only drop WhatsApp if Signal is able to deliver a stable,
> and consistent voice connection.

Try Telegram for that.

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#73593

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2021-01-14 15:35 +0100
Message-ID<kd16dh-qi7.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#73573
On 14/01/2021 03.31, Savageduck wrote:
> On Jan 13, 2021 at 5:51:03 PM PST, ""Carlos E.R."" <robin_listas@es.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>  Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>>  On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>>  Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>>>  On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>>>  o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be facebooked?*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I don't know why.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>>>>  Laws and would be illegal.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough. Even
>>>>>  if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>>>
>>>>  Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>>  
>>>  Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>>>  I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>>>  available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>>>  Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>>>  personal phone call.
>>>  Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>>>  but ...
>>
>> Because the modern people do not phone unless it is an emergency and the
>> only way. If the people I want to share messages with use wasap, /I
>> have/ to use wasap to chat with them.
>>
>> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and I
>> will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.
>>
>> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend on
>> other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.
>>
>>
>> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts are there,
>> but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used. So basically,
>> Telegram is useless to me.
>>
>> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS, and the
>> situation is not going to change anytime soon.
> 
> I am in California, and I use a mix of methods to communicate with friends &
> family; FaceTime/Messages, Skype/Skypeout, & WhatsApp. For WhatsApp I have one
> contact in the UK, one in NZ, and 4 in SouthAfrica, and it has worked
> faultlessly. 
> 
> I have 2 landline contacts in South Africa with no mobile access, for them I
> use Skype Out.
> 
> I have had Signal installed on my iPhone for over a year, but until last week
> I had no contact using it.

I installed Signal yesterday on my Android phone. It doesn't show any
contact - I don't know if this is the default for privacy, or simply
there is none. I see a button to invite others.

...

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#73595

FromArlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Date2021-01-14 14:51 +0000
Message-ID<rtplpc$sph$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#73593
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:35:00 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> I installed Signal yesterday on my Android phone. It doesn't show any
> contact - I don't know if this is the default for privacy, or simply
> there is none. I see a button to invite others.

On iOS, some of the "experts" on this newsgroup can explain how Apple does
it, but on Android, there are (fundamentally) two methods (AFAIK) for
contact management amongst apps such that the default contacts sqlite db
may or may not be consulted by any given app.

See gory details here:
o How do individual apps tie to the Android contacts sqlite database?
  <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/EvXtsP9radE>
-- 
The problem with people like Joerg Lorenz is that facts are anathema to
them, e.g., Joerg claims repeatedly the laws on recording voice calls
around the world are the same everywhere, which is yet more proof that
apologists like Joerg Lorenz own the belief systems of small children.

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#73576

From"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Date2021-01-14 14:33 +1100
Message-ID<i69sckF569iU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#73571

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in message 
news:7lk4dh-a8d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor...
> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>> Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be 
>>>>>> facebooked?*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know why.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>>
>>>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>>>
>>>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough. Even
>>>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>>
>>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>
>> Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>> I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>> available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>> Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>> personal phone call.
>> Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>> but ...

> Because the modern people do not phone
> unless it is an emergency and the only way.

That’s bullshit.

> If the people I want to share messages with use
> wasap, /I have/ to use wasap to chat with them.

> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and
> I will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.

> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend
> on other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.

> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts
> are there, but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used.
> So basically, Telegram is useless to me.

> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS,
> and the situation is not going to change anytime soon.

True. 

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#73587

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2021-01-14 14:34 +0100
Message-ID<ast5dh-vj3.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#73576
On 14/01/2021 04.33, Rod Speed wrote:
> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in message
> news:7lk4dh-a8d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor...
>> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>> Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be
>>>>>>> facebooked?*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know why.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>>>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough.
>>>>> Even
>>>>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>>>
>>>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>>
>>> Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>>> I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>>> available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>>> Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>>> personal phone call.
>>> Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>>> but ...
> 
>> Because the modern people do not phone
>> unless it is an emergency and the only way.
> 
> That’s bullshit.

No one phones me (except spammers). I phone no one.

I had one long video chat recently after messaging some one via wasap.
The video chat was also done with wasap (I was not impressed, many cuts)

>> If the people I want to share messages with use
>> wasap, /I have/ to use wasap to chat with them.
> 
>> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and
>> I will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.
> 
>> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend
>> on other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.
> 
>> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts
>> are there, but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used.
>> So basically, Telegram is useless to me.
> 
>> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS,
>> and the situation is not going to change anytime soon.
> 
> True.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#73609

From"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Date2021-01-15 03:29 +1100
Message-ID<i6b9qsFdvcfU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#73587

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in message 
news:ast5dh-vj3.ln1@Telcontar.valinor...
> On 14/01/2021 04.33, Rod Speed wrote:
>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:7lk4dh-a8d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor...
>>> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>> Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>>> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be
>>>>>>>> facebooked?*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know why.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy 
>>>>>> Protection
>>>>>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough.
>>>>>> Even
>>>>>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>>>
>>>> Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>>>> I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>>>> available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>>>> Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>>>> personal phone call.
>>>> Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>>>> but ...
>>
>>> Because the modern people do not phone
>>> unless it is an emergency and the only way.
>>
>> That’s bullshit.

> No one phones me (except spammers). I phone no one.

Irrelevant to what most of us do.

> I had one long video chat recently after messaging some one via wasap.
> The video chat was also done with wasap (I was not impressed, many cuts)

Ditto.

>>> If the people I want to share messages with use
>>> wasap, /I have/ to use wasap to chat with them.
>>
>>> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and
>>> I will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.
>>
>>> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend
>>> on other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.
>>
>>> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts
>>> are there, but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used.
>>> So basically, Telegram is useless to me.
>>
>>> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS,
>>> and the situation is not going to change anytime soon.
>>
>> True.
 

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#73639

FromChris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Date2021-01-14 22:59 +0000
Message-ID<rtqibq$vv1$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#73587
Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 14/01/2021 04.33, Rod Speed wrote:
>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:7lk4dh-a8d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor...
>>> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>> Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>>> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be
>>>>>>>> facebooked?*
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I don't know why.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>>>>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough.
>>>>>> Even
>>>>>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>>> 
>>>> Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>>>> I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>>>> available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>>>> Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>>>> personal phone call.
>>>> Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>>>> but ...
>> 
>>> Because the modern people do not phone
>>> unless it is an emergency and the only way.
>> 
>> That’s bullshit.
> 
> No one phones me (except spammers). I phone no one.
> 
> I had one long video chat recently after messaging some one via wasap.
> The video chat was also done with wasap (I was not impressed, many cuts)
>
>>> If the people I want to share messages with use
>>> wasap, /I have/ to use wasap to chat with them.
>> 
>>> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and
>>> I will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.
>> 
>>> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend
>>> on other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.
>> 
>>> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts
>>> are there, but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used.
>>> So basically, Telegram is useless to me.
>> 
>>> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS,
>>> and the situation is not going to change anytime soon.
>> 

Yep. 

I hired a villa in Italy a few years back and all the communication was
done via WA. They didn't even ask. As soon as the booking went through I
was contacted directly via WA. I had never used it before other than trying
it a couple of times. Worked fine, but a bit disconcerting. 


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#73642

Fromsms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
Date2021-01-14 16:43 -0800
Message-ID<rtqog9$55r$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#73639
On 1/14/2021 2:59 PM, Chris wrote:

<snip>

> Yep.
> 
> I hired a villa in Italy a few years back and all the communication was
> done via WA. They didn't even ask. As soon as the booking went through I
> was contacted directly via WA. I had never used it before other than trying
> it a couple of times. Worked fine, but a bit disconcerting.

Yep, when I was in Italy in 2019, everything was done with WhatsApp, 
AirBNB, communication with the people hosting us in a small town (my 
town's Sister City), booking bicycle tours, etc.

In China, the same year, everything was done on WeChat.

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#73645

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2021-01-15 03:33 +0100
Message-ID<ehb7dh-872.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#73639
On 14/01/2021 23.59, Chris wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 14/01/2021 04.33, Rod Speed wrote:
>>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:7lk4dh-a8d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor...

...

>>>> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS,
>>>> and the situation is not going to change anytime soon.
>>>
> 
> Yep. 
> 
> I hired a villa in Italy a few years back and all the communication was
> done via WA. They didn't even ask. As soon as the booking went through I
> was contacted directly via WA. I had never used it before other than trying
> it a couple of times. Worked fine, but a bit disconcerting. 

Yes, that's normal.

One I declared an incident with my insurance. Somewhat later they guy
that had to view the damages, instead of coming, just asked me to take a
few photos via wasap. He saw them, and said ok, he would send the
repairman straight away, no need for him to come and see (he had been
recently at my house for a related incident, he new the place). Saved time.

Renting a room? Sure, people do the talking via wasap. Ask for extra
photos, details, numbers, etc. Send a PDF with the invoice, too.

Another time I called someone to replace a broken tap. He asked how is
the old tap, can you wasap a photo? So I did, and he arrived later with
the correct tap as in the photo.

We simply can't do that using MMS, because that is not covered by our
phone plans and are expensive. Everybody assumes everybody has wasap.
Even old ladies that never handled a computer or email, as soon as their
son sets it up and explain it a bit :-D

Ah, here in Spain we don't spell it right, we say "wasap" - at least
people in my circle :-D


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#73663

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2021-01-15 16:03 +0000
Message-ID<rtsht3.b5g.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#73645
Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
[...]

> Ah, here in Spain we don't spell it right, we say "wasap" - at least
> people in my circle :-D

  Here - in The Netherlands - it's also a verb and mostly shortened to
just 'app'.

  "App me when ...", "I'll app you...", "You've got an app[je]", etc.
(The addition '[t]je' makes something small/little, i.e. babytje. A
'diminutive'?) I.e. it's used in the same way as 'text' is used in
English-speaking countries when referring to SMS messages.

  And indeed, WhatsApp is omnipresent, 'even' on iDevices. Look at
WhatsApp as the Windows of IM. Yes, there are others, but WhatsApp is
the default.

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#73666

From"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Date2021-01-16 05:55 +1100
Message-ID<i6e6pbFqd9U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#73663
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote 

Fark, you pseudokrauts can really fuck things up, eh ? 

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#73585

FromChris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Date2021-01-14 13:28 +0000
Message-ID<rtpgtn$3em$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#73571
Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>> Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be facebooked?*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't know why.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>> 
>>>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>>> 
>>>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough. Even
>>>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>> 
>>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>> 
>> Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>> I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>> available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>> Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>> personal phone call.
>> Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>> but ...
> 
> Because the modern people do not phone unless it is an emergency and the
> only way. If the people I want to share messages with use wasap, /I
> have/ to use wasap to chat with them.
> 
> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and I
> will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.
> 
> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend on
> other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.
> 
> 
> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts are there,
> but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used. So basically,
> Telegram is useless to me.
> 
> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS, and the
> situation is not going to change anytime soon.

There wasn't any reason to change before now. You can highlight the issue,
explain why it's important (to you) and suggest moving. That might be
enough for your contacts to at least consider it. 

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#73591

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2021-01-14 14:51 +0100
Message-ID<sru5dh-085.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#73585
On 14/01/2021 14.28, Chris wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 13/01/2021 22.38, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>> Am 12.01.21 um 22:08 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>> On 12/01/2021 16.57, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>> Am 11.01.21 um 21:47 schrieb s|b:
>>>>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:18:40 +0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hence, this question that immediately comes to the fore is "WHY".
>>>>>>> o *Why did WhatsApp only force USA subscribers to agree to be facebooked?*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know why.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm guessing EU's GDPR prevented this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Correct. This change does not conform with European Privacy Protection
>>>>> Laws and would be illegal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally I deleted my WA-Account and all data. Enough is enough. Even
>>>>> if it is not implemented in Europe.
>>>>
>>>> Most of us can not, or we'd lose contact with everybody.
>>>
>>> Certainly you can. I have 4 kids and 2 grand children so far.
>>> I use iMsg, Signal, Threema even Telegram and SMS. Even E-Mail is
>>> available. Why shouold I lose contact with anybody?
>>> Another very much appreciated way to keep contact is an outright
>>> personal phone call.
>>> Tell us why you think you would lose contact! I know it feels strange
>>> but ...
>>
>> Because the modern people do not phone unless it is an emergency and the
>> only way. If the people I want to share messages with use wasap, /I
>> have/ to use wasap to chat with them.
>>
>> If I insist on using, say, signal, most probably they will not, and I
>> will not be able to chat with them, so I would lose contact.
>>
>> More than a few of my contacts are not technical people, and depend on
>> other people to install apps. These people have no reason to change.
>>
>>
>> I have Telegram installed since years. Several of my contacts are there,
>> but not all. And nobody talks there, it is not used. So basically,
>> Telegram is useless to me.
>>
>> Here, usage of wasap is almost universal. It has replaced SMS, and the
>> situation is not going to change anytime soon.
> 
> There wasn't any reason to change before now. You can highlight the issue,
> explain why it's important (to you) and suggest moving. That might be
> enough for your contacts to at least consider it. 

But this is the EU, the change doesn't apply.

Most of the people that use it wouldn't understand what the fuss is
about. When the prompt to accept conditions pops up (in anything), most
people here click OK without even reading it. Some may start to read,
then abandon as soon as they realize it is a hundred pages document - I
do this, then I wait to see some report in the press and read that instead.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#73599

FromArlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Date2021-01-14 15:16 +0000
Message-ID<rtpn99$31jl$1@neodome.net>
In reply to#73591
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:51:24 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> But this is the EU, the change doesn't apply.

Given this is Carlos speaking, an actual _adult_ needs to weigh in here.
o Despite what Carlos thinks, WhatsApp TOC "changes _do_ apply" to EU customers

AFAIK, all EU customers have the _same_ February deadline as everyone else.
o AFAIK, even the EU customers, like Carlos, _must_ accept _new_ WhatsApp TOCs

The question isn't whether changes apply, as they apply to _everyone_ (AFAICT)
o The question for EU customers is what do they make of those changes?

Or, is it simply that all the EU customers on this ng are oblivious to facts?
-- 
The problem with most people on this ng is that they appear to make _all_
their decisions based on what appears to be exactly zero (0) actual facts.

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