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Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp (greenstarsproject.org)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (12 children)

The exit plan from WhatsApp is quite simple. Start by installing Signal and setting it up – it takes only a couple of minutes. Then, resume any WhatsApp conversations on Signal if that person is already a Signal user. If they are not, then switch to regular text messaging and gently suggest to that person to switch over to Signal.

Sadly for me, this doesn't really work for some relatives as

They live abroad and the cost of sending text messages abroad is not insignificant
Some are so tech un-savvy that even installing a new app by themselves is too much.

All I can do for those relatives is to leave WhatsApp installed but take away basically every permission I can, including running in the background.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How did they get WhatsApp installed? Is a FaceTime or other video option available? Never give up, never surrender

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I was with them helping them out. For reasons I won't discuss here I won't be able to visit them anymore, so that avenue is gone 😞.

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