Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.
So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there.
So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance!
(Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.)
(Note 2: This was also posted in c/[email protected], r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
Always promote private messangers. You will be surprised how often you can get others to get onboard. I was able to convince a coworker recently to get Signal
Advocate for your preferred platform, help people install it when you can. Prefer to talk to them in that platform. Push it to your social network slowly. Don't try to move everyone at once. Don't get mad at people who don't want to move. But you will have success.
With Signal no longer supporting fallback to regular SMS, it's no longer as simple as setting it up as the default messaging app for family on Android.
Not directly relevant for family, but I've also been considering SimpleX Chat. It doesn't require a phone number or username.
it's always worth it, it shows them that there are alternatives and also people like you who care about privacy and freedom from surveillance capitalism
What's the point if they will keep their Whatsapp on the same devices they will use Signal?
I said this in Reddit, I will say it here too.
"Well,
(Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.)So, it's kiiiiinda about my privacy, since I do NOT feel comfortable using a Meta product.
Because most of my family have FB, FB Messenger, IG and/or (well, of course) WA."
+I want to increase their privacy and security as well.
Would still be good if the interest is in having E2E encrypted chats by default and for group chats.
but if you care, why are you still posting on reddit?