WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoU.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattackwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1633arrow-down14cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1629arrow-down1external-linkU.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattackwww.nbcnews.comWhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square198fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squares_s@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·20 days agoEnd-to-end encryption matters if your device isn’t actively trying to sabotage your privacy. If you run Android, Google is guilty of that. If you run Windows in a non-enterprise environment Microsoft is guilty of that. If you run iOS or MacOS, Apple is (very likely) guilty of that.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoYup, so I run GrapheneOS without Google at services. It probably doesn’t spy on me, which is nice.
End-to-end encryption matters if your device isn’t actively trying to sabotage your privacy.
If you run Android, Google is guilty of that.
If you run Windows in a non-enterprise environment Microsoft is guilty of that.
If you run iOS or MacOS, Apple is (very likely) guilty of that.
Yup, so I run GrapheneOS without Google at services. It probably doesn’t spy on me, which is nice.