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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
(www.techradar.com)
Competition was always a myth anyways.
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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What's app π how does what's app ever get rolled in with privacy respecting apps
"Today, with the right information, right technology and algorithm, companies can create simulations of individuals, and use the machines to predict future actions such as purchases, locations, changes in career or relationship status.
According to a study published in 2019, there is a possibility of achieving 95% of the potential predictive accuracy for an individual using their social ties. This means that oneβs social contacts are sufficient to predict their personal attributes."
Off topic but does the UK still have the death penalty for treason? Just wondering.
I don't know about you guys but this feels like a reverse psychology psyop to increase the usage of these two apps. There are a ton more e2ee chat messengers, but they point to the only two apps using the signal protocol. Maybe they're sitting on some 0-day exploits?
But if you want to believe the surveillance government at face value then go right ahead.