Help me find information about scandals, security problems, and failure to respect users involving these proprietary social media apps
Help me find information about scandals, security problems, and failure to respect users involving these proprietary social media apps
Hey! Following the #GlobalSwitchDay initiative, can you share any scandal, security problems or situations in which the proprietary apps have failed to care for their users? I would like to gather information for each app so people I know can be more informed about what they're using. Mention things that you might even take for granted, some people are completely unaware.
The apps are: Whatsapp, Reddit, X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok.
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Signal: 0-click deanonymisation: https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117
I now read that you didn’t note signal but you have it in the image and it’s a centralized app.
It's an interesting attack, but I'd hardly call getting the location within a ±200 mile radius deanonymisation, especially if it's so easily avoided by using a vpn.
It’s a 0click so you have to have vpn running the entire time on any device that you install signal on
And if i don't they might find out I'm in the country that i live in.
VPNs are pretty much dead simple to set up, and nowadays doesn't really have all the usability problems it used to have; I don't really see the issue here?