Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Time to Ditch WhatsApp?

Facebook plans to integrate its messaging services on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

While all three will remain stand-alone apps, at a much deeper level they will be linked so messages can travel between the different services.
I suppose that this is good for Zuckerberg and Facebleech, but it's probably not good for anyone who uses WhatsApp for secure communications.

But then again, I have little trust of FB, to the point that I suspect that the "ten year challenge" is a disguised way to improve their facial recognition algorithms.

6 comments:

Pretzelogic in Philly, PA said...

If you're looking for an alternative encrypted secure messaging app, what do you think about Wikr?

Comrade Misfit said...

I use Signal. I’e not heard of Wikr.

Comrade Misfit said...

Wickr?

dinthebeast said...

I read on Twitter today that a bug in ios/Macos allows incoming facetime calls to activate the phone or laptop without the recipient being aware of it.
Sounds like something to be careful of if you have an Apple device.

-Doug in Oakland

Jonathan H said...

I don't think the "10 year challenge" has a secret agenda simply because Facebook doesn't need to ask to get that information; all they have to do is troll through profile pictures posted at different times to get aging information - they already have the files and the access necessary.

Pretzelogic in Philly, PA said...

That's it. Sorry for the typo. Been a bit under the weather (so to speak) for the past couple days. To clarify: I have an Android device. Not that familiar with the Appleverse, if that's what you use. So many apps have versions available for multiple OS that I often forget there might be differences.

Hadn't heard the info re Whatsapp until I saw it here, though I've managed to avoid signing up with Fbook or any of their proprietary apps up to now. Only used this Wickr app a couple times so far, but it seemed to be working as intended. Hard for a non-expert like me to be sure, of course.

Just wondered if you were aware of any concerns about it that I should consider.