STOP.
USING.
FACEBOOK.
AND.
INSTAGRAM.
AND.
WHATSAPP.
In my country whatsapp is now used even for official purposes. We are cooked. Personally I use Signal as much as possible.
From what I understand many Europeans and some Asian countries are stuck using WhatsApp due to its ubiquity and government usage. I’m surprising the GDPR countries went with that over E2EE texting
Link to Wired article for anyone who doesn’t want to deal with Redact
I’m pretty sure it’s paywalled but adblock takes care of it for me. If anyone needs an archive link let me know.
WIRED has reported on our findings. WhatsApp told WIRED that the notes were instructions for its support chatbot, the one people reach when they message WhatsApp Support with AI, and that they showed up in the pages because of a bug that has now been fixed. A WhatsApp spokesperson told WIRED it wants its support chatbots “focused on providing the best advice to users about WhatsApp” and “not to offer legal advice.”
Said the boy stuck with his hand in the cookie jar
