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[–] 10 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I have two contacts. My wife, who I text/communicate with more than anyone else, and a long distance friend.

It took begging and pleading for years to get my wife to agree to it. She finally agreed after it came out that the phone network was likely hacked by China.

I tried to get another friend to use it, at whick point he asked if that was the app at the center of whiskey leaks. He never installed it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    after it came out that the phone network was likely hacked by China.

    You're referring to the phone network in the USA, right? It blows my mind that more people don't know about it. China (specifically, Salt Typhoon) infiltrated the USA phone network in 2022. The infiltration was only discovered in 2024, and China still has not been evicted. Apparently the eviction will not be complete until compromised Huawei network hardware is extirpated.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    Considering that PRISM is a thing, I think people already assume that all usage of the phone network is non-private. What difference does it make if China is reading my messages, when the USA already is, and the USA can actually arrest or murder me unlike China.

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