The Day WhatsApp Goes Dark
2026-07-15 13:00 UTC
A thought experiment in what we built without noticing.
Replies (4)
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@ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net 2026-07-15 13:04
Whatsapp is just more shitty Meta product… Can’t be trusted.
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@dmtalon@infosec.pub 2026-07-15 13:25
I would not even notice except the news stories. (thankfully)
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@rozodru@piefed.world 2026-07-15 13:35
yeah wouldn’t have to hear from my offshore contractors anymore…it’d be nice.
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@biscuit@lemdro.id 2026-07-15 13:44
Unfortunately WhatsApp managed to take hold of the Zeitgeist during the early 2010s when some European carriers were still charging for texts or charging lots for data. The fact Meta was allowed to buy WhatsApp is a travesty. We’re supposed to just trust that Meta isn’t lying when it says it isn’t looking at the E2EE keys? Come on. We have literal governments using it as a communication tool.