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You have to be stupid to think WhatsApp, a Facebook company, doesn't have access to your messages.
They ran a bunch of full page adds this summer. All it said was "no one can see your messages but you." I immediately decided that was not true, otherwise why advertise it?
The only time I remember feeling genuine panic at a software update was years ago when my laptop suddenly decided it urgently had to restart. It took longer than I'd expected to boot up again and it kept showing the message 'All your files are exactly where you left them'.
I have no idea how or why but that really felt like a threat 🤣 of course when it finally turned on I was scouring all my folders trying to remember what I had where to see what they'd accidentally deleted. I felt stupid for being so suspicious then went online and 'all your files are exactly where you left them' was already turning into a meme. It made people angry as hell.
And thinking about it, if someone is unlocking their front door and you interrupt them to say 'excuse me, sorry, just wanted to say: all the stuff in your bedroom is exactly how you left it,' they probably would not feel reassured.
It is not a reassuring thing to hear. Anyway, fuck meta.
Yeah, I don't know who thought that was a good idea to advertise. It'd be like Betty Crocker cake boxes suddenly saying "Uranium Free!".
Like, yes, I wouldn't expect food to usually have added uranium too it, so why are you saying it?...
Half of messengers advertise privacy