On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 04:12:37PM +0930, Tim via users wrote: > On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 17:58 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > How is this better than using web.whatsapp.com? > > That's about the same as asking: How is using Evolution better than > logging into a webmail page? > > Using a large, and always very buggy, web browser to do chat is > unwieldy. But, using a small, separate, chat program is easy to do at > the same time. You don't have to flip out of the page you're reading > to chat. Plus, WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, who isn't exactly known for digital privacy. Unless you're running WhatsApp in a completely contained web browser that shares no user metadata with the rest of your browsing session, there's the risk that Facebook will be monetizing your chat interface by selling your browsing data to ad networks. On top of that, cross-site attacks are pretty common for those kinds of chat services. Running it in a separate app means that the only thing they can sell is your chat history and not the other web sites you browse. -- Jonathan Billings <billings@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
