Today the last Facebook Inc application is gone off my phone as I uninstalled Whatsapp finally. But the problem is, many of my customers use Whatsapp for quick comms, what do I do for this? Any suggestions? (I use Telegram but it's not much used around)

I've found a WhatsApp bot for telegram (github) but it says that your WhatsApp account may get banned...

Use Signal. The best one security and privacy wise.

@coffeeholic In fact I'm quite happy with Telegram, my problem is with my clientele are mostly using Whatsapp.

But I think solution by @mngr is worth a shot.

I wanted to try it too, but quite all of my friends still uses WhatsApp, and I can't risk the bann

If you try let me know if it works!

@mngr roger that!

SMS? 😅

@Rohr Aye, I'm using that already but sometimes people wanna send quick photos etc and MMS is still a very expensive option :)

@zeknoss email is not an option? :P it may does not give you the feeling of a 'realtime conversation' but works for years now ;P

@Rohr Of course I always prefer e-mail and I'm not quite content with my customers confusing the timezone and message me in the middle of the night. But sometimes realtime comms is a good thing ;)

@zeknoss I totaly agree, but in that case it sounds like a phone call might be better? in therms of 'real time conversation'
for pictures, email and dropping just a quick message SMS

might be a bit 2000 but this functions should be available an nearly every mobilephone out there - no matter what age, brand or os it is (this is what i am thinking about ;)

@Rohr Man, I'm with you on this one :D And hey, I'm the one who removed all Facebook apps from his phone but the clientele, tell this to them please...

@coffeeholic <-- what this guy said. I only use telegram for one person (if it wasn't for her I'd drop telegram like my fucking life depended on due to its horrible security/privacy)
I use Signal and Riot :)

@linuxxx I thought security with Telegram was somewhat good, what's bad about that?

@zeknoss https://security.stackexchange.com/...

https://reddit.com/r/...

@zeknoss @coffeeholic look at his link and maybe at a blog post I did about telegram: https://much-security.nl (it's on the main page)

@linuxxx @coffeeholic boy, you gave me loads to read for the night :) thanks pals

@zeknoss I try to do at least one blog post every weekend :)

@linuxxx added your blog to my bookmarks man, looks very interesting :)

@zeknoss Thanks, appreciated!

@zeknoss Also, feel free to spread the word ;)

Reinstall WhatsApp

@wolfium

@wolfium Oooooor just leave that surveillance thingy off your phone 👌

@linuxxx ooooooorrr get another phone only for WhatsApp and fb and everything you need for work. It's what I did.

@wolfium @linuxxx ooooorrr throw every electronics to trash bin and go to a cave and decorate it in the most primitive way possible and live there from now on (this sounds weirdly healthier)

@wolfium I've got WhatsApp on my work phone as well :). It was a requirement for to get a phone from my current company as I refuse to get WhatsApp on my personal devices.
Fb is a no-go at-all.

@zeknoss Or just choose what you want to use very carefully :)

@zeknoss oooor create an app that forwards every message to a custom app... Huh?!

@linuxxx btw I moved to a small sea-side town from a huge metropol and been living here happily for two years :) definitely suggest it.

@linuxxx I just removed fb 3 months ago and WhatsApp is soon going to be resolved by the comment I put up there earlier

@wolfium that idea, sir, indeed is a very wise and avant-garde notion

@linuxxx nice blog post btw

@coffeeholic Just a question: Im a bit wary about signal, as it requests ALL of its permissions up-front (in the play store). Is it confirmed to still be secure (as in: it uses them responsible) ?

@HeapUnderflow here is an explanation for you:
https://support.signal.org/hc/...-

since the latest updates they support dynamic permissions so you can disable the ones you are concerned about without crashing the app.

We should convince more people to use Telegram... It's the best app feature and speed wise and i don't get why it's so underrated globally...

The user base for WhatsApp is too big ... Unless you are in China. We are pretty much stuck with it. Try Viber ...

@coffeeholic Awsome, gonna switch today !

Hey everyone, I ended up installing Whatsapp on a spare Android device without a sim card installed. Works great so far.

@zeknoss told you!

@wolfium yupp :)

@andix Because although its features are great, it lacks privacy and some forms of security as well. (https://much-security.nl//...) *shamelessly pastes link to own blogpost*