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		nl on March 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook and Google hand over user data, help poli... Note that you can turn on E2E encryption in FB Messenger (as well as WhatsApp). It does lose a few features, but people should probably be aware it is possible.

timbit42 on March 5, 2023 [–]

Meta still knows who is messaging whom. Sending a message to a pharmacy or certain doctors would raise flags. E2EE isn't completely safe. Briar is decentralized (no central company or servers to watch) and uses Tor to hide IPs.

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