Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verificationwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down16
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verificationwww.androidpolice.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoThe problem is that they’re reaching for emails in addition to phone numbers. Don’t think for a second they’re going to let you login with just email. They want email just to have yet another data metric to profile you with.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago using an insecure medium like email to facillitate access to e2eencrypted messages. 1) you cant do that with Signal
The problem is that they’re reaching for emails in addition to phone numbers. Don’t think for a second they’re going to let you login with just email. They want email just to have yet another data metric to profile you with.