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[Philip Tyler]

A more ‘independent’ App than WhatsApp is ‘Telegram’ likewise end to end encrypted.

Or the one preferred by Boris and his cronies, ‘Signal’ that allowed complete deletion of messages.

Philip and Bee

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> On 31 Dec 2023, at 13:08, Nick Rodger via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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> 1)  I totally agree with Graeme re. Apple devices and software. I use Apple because you buy a device, turn it on, and it works. 
> Always. 
> If you don’t like their software there are about a squillion alternatives out there that work on their operating systems. 
> If I have one gripe with the world’s most profitable company it’s the way they try to encourage you to continually have to buy new cables, adapters, etc. 
> But again, there’s gazillions of pattern parts available. 
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> 2)  Having made the comments above, I’m not particularly tech savvy. 
> What does an email forum give one that a WhatsApp group doesn’t? 
> WhatsApp is supposed to be “end to end encrypted” 
> Is that a fallacy? 
> I’m on a few WhatsApp groups, for organising stuff like Pickleball and golf, they all do the job and work fine. 
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> And while I’m on……. 
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> On 31 Dec 2023, at 12:02, Graeme Wall via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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> Apart from Jobs being dead, there is nothing surreptitios about his programmes and apps, they are what you get with Apple devices. If you don’t want to use them get a Windows machine, oh angonamo…  As for Musk, he seems to be doing his best to drive people away from his app.
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>> On 31 Dec 2023, at 11:56, Pat Heigham via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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>> What annoys me is that guys like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, while no doubt being clever blokes are surreptitiously driving people into using their programmes and apps, which is a form of mass control.
>> Perhaps they are control freaks, making buckets full of dosh along the way.
>> Cynical - moi? Certainly. I don't like to be told what to do, although there seem to be lots of people that fall for it.
>> Most world 'leaders' no doubt would welcome these guys on their payroll, but maybe they are blinkered as well.
>> Bah
>> Pat (with his head in the sand!)
>>> On 30/12/2023 21:11, techtone via Tech1 wrote:
>>> I too have a phobia about privacy on the internet, together with using my mobile phone. To that extent I use Duck duck go for online searching via the Brave browser. You may also notice that my emails are hosted via Proton mail. Bundled together, the basic components of these free applications appear to suit my purposes, and they do not seem to suffer any spam or unwelcome ads etc.
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>>> Whether any aspect of this could be useful when it comes to website hosting is beyond my tech abilities these days, but I throw them into the melting pot for those of you who hate social media, of which, like Pat, I do not join. But I do realise that they are so rooted in today's online activity that in order to interface with so may others, there are times when you find yourself forced into their use. We have a cheap laptop for this, with false names (nicknames that others know) and we only use on wi-fi off the premises.
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>>> Call me paranoid, but having worked in broadcasting, I hesitate to trust any of the self-appointed experts and pundits who claim that their handling of social platforms is perfectly safe/legitimate/legal/trustworthy, etc. etc. Stay safe out there,
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>>> TeaTeaFN - Tony
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