SUMMARY

  • The EU has identified WhatsApp as a gatekeeper in the messaging industry and has given it a few months to enable interoperability with other apps.
  • The EU’s Digital Markets Act aims to promote fair competition and give consumers more options for alternative services.
  • WhatsApp has already begun working on interoperability with other apps, potentially allowing smaller players like Signal to compete more fairly.
  • PotatoesFall
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    1 year ago

    Sure, good point. But you do agree that it’s harder to trust something that explicitly hides from you what it is doing?

    • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org
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      1 year ago

      Oh I agree they’ll do every bad thing they can get away with. I just think they wouldn’t get away with decrypting the message and sending it straight to FB