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I have started using privacy respecting software as much as I can for a while now. Particularly social media. I started with deleting my reddit account, and then one by one deleted twitter, instagram and all. The one thing I couldn't leave was whatsapp. I just cannot seem to leave it. Not just friends and family, but outside too. My mentor just use whatsapp for all types of communication except for some absolutely formal documents, where he uses email. Otherwise he doesn't seem to respond to email.

So, my question: If you have made the switch, have you convinced your peers to also make the switch?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I have only managed to convince a part of my family to use signal when talking to me (another relative seems to be somewhat using it too, so that's a bit convenient to have them keep using it), but apart from that almost no-one got convince to use it or left it after like a week of usage.

At least there's simpleX now which has a lower entry barrier (just a username), so I might have better luck with it.

Edit: I saw this is the india community, oops, I'm from Greece😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Lol, no worries, your story was still helpful