I entered the privacy world/rabbithole a few months ago, and after reading a lot about various topics in this world, I felt it was the time to start using signal to replace whatsapp (and maybe also switching from iOS to GOS in the future). Here’s the issue, which I found frequently on this forum to…

Explain your reasons to move to Signal and why it is a better platform to use instead. If those reasons resonate with their values, they will likely move to it. Or begin using it with at least you. But what I have learned in my experience is that most people simply don’t care for those reasons and …

Write a lot of WhatsApp messages to your friends telling them stories from your old aunt Tess who learned playing Golf at 70. Talk about different locations, playstyles and clubs. Ask them if they ever thought about learning Golf etc. Then wait for your friends getting Golf related ads in their web…

[image] Discussing Privacy with Normies person_raising_handQuestions I’m talking to someone who I need to communicate with, he’s a total privacy normie from what I’ve been able to gather. He’s frustrated that I don’t want to communicate with him through WhatsAp…

Thank you so much!! I will try my best to achieve this

Ask for them to move as a birthday present to you. Who wouldn’t download an app for a friend’s birthday…

Thst’s subtle madness… I love that! :joy:

I deleted WhatsApp and it took about a year to get the majority of important friends and family members on Signal. You have to be prepared for a lonely first couple of months. Also, don’t forget to tell people you are deleting WhatsApp, so they are not left guessing why you’re gone. I don’t believe…

Fully understand your problem. What I did was that I kept WhatsApp for a while, however, only opened it once a day late in the evenings to respond to messages from friends. After 1-2 weeks, I apologised for the late replies and told them I rarely check my WhatsApp but I’m active on Signal where I r…

In my experience you don’t even have to get into get into the privacy stuff too much when explaining your reasoning to people. If you use Android it’s usually enough to say you want better texting features and don’t like Facebook so don’t want to use WhatsApp or Instagram, and everyone you talk with…

I found it a lot easier to get people over when I switched to android and I used it as an excuse. It was also a good excuse for me to push harder because I didn’t have to mediocrity of iMessage to fall back on. One of my favorite things about Signal over iMessage—besides the obvious metadata, secur…

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