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i saw one person do something like this: messages JOIN ME ON SIGNAL(or anything not owned by Facebook and amazon) IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WELL WILL LOSE CONTACT SO PLEASE JOIN ME
im not sure on how well this will work but maybe exclude you're family but try to get them to atleast WhatsApp but even better a private messager also consider xmpp/jabber and matrix for jabber i recommend calyx institute jabber server
WhatsApp is also owned by Facebook, so switching to that from Messenger is a bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Yeah but that doesn't prevent them from snooping directly on the app. For example they can look at who you're talking to the most, or extract topics of interest from your conversations ("talking about cats? let's sell them cat food")
Telegram or Signal. Whatsapp is owned by Meta
WhatsApp is facebook, it's not an improvement in the slightest