Author Topic: Will you continue to use WhatsApp after Feb. 8th? (Read 5456 times)

yzj · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2021, 07:59:20 PM »

Ordering a Pizza in 2022

CALLER:
Is this Pizza Hut?

GOOGLE:
No sir, it's Google Pizza.

CALLER:
I must have dialed a wrong number, sorry.

GOOGLE:
No sir, Google bought Pizza Hut last month.

CALLER:
OK. I would like to order a pizza.

GOOGLE:
Do you want your usual, sir?

CALLER:
My usual? You know me?

GOOGLE:
According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an extra-large pizza with three cheeses, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and meatballs on a thick crust.

CALLER:
Super! That’s what I’ll have.

GOOGLE:
May I suggest that this time you order a pizza with ricotta, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and olives on a whole wheat gluten-free thin crust?

CALLER:
What? I don’t want a vegetarian pizza!

GOOGLE:
Your cholesterol is not good, sir.

CALLER:
How the hell do you know that?

GOOGLE:
Well, we cross-referenced your home phone number with your medical records. We have the result of your blood tests for the last 7 years.

CALLER:
Okay, but I do not want your rotten vegetarian pizza! I already take medication for my cholesterol.

GOOGLE:
Excuse me sir, but you have not taken your medication regularly. According to our database, you purchased only a box of 30 cholesterol tablets once at Lloyds Pharmacy, 4 months ago.

CALLER:
I bought more from another Pharmacy.

GOOGLE:
That doesn’t show on your credit card statement.

CALLER:
I paid in cash.

GOOGLE:
But you did not withdraw enough cash according to your bank statement.

CALLER:
I have other sources of cash.

GOOGLE:
That doesn’t show on your latest tax returns, unless you bought them using an undeclared income source, which is against the law!

CALLER:
WHAT THE HELL!

GOOGLE:
I'm sorry sir, we use such information only with the sole intention of helping you.

CALLER:
Enough already! I'm sick to death of Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and all the others. I'm going to an island without the internet, TV, where there is no phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me.

GOOGLE:
I understand sir, but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago...

Welcome to the future 🤖.

Yo ssi · « **Reply #21 on:** January 10, 2021, 08:01:10 PM »

Quote from: yzj on January 10, 2021, 07:59:20 PM

Now I get it!

S209 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 10, 2021, 08:01:25 PM »

Quote from: Kobe Bryant on January 10, 2021, 05:48:10 PM

An intentional repost should be enough to warrant a ban

Yehudaa · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2021, 08:04:53 PM »

Quote from: yzj on January 10, 2021, 07:59:20 PM

You've just committed the DDF cardinal sin of a repost, which is second only to posting in GFST without a price. Be careful, this is risky business that you're getting into

Shaya E · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2021, 08:08:31 PM »

Quote from: Yehudaa on January 10, 2021, 08:04:53 PM

You've just committed the DDF cardinal sin of a repost, which is second only to posting in GFST without a price. Be careful, this is risky business that you're getting into

I need a bot that automatically likes every @Yehudaa post.

zh cohen · « **Reply #25 on:** January 10, 2021, 09:33:48 PM »

Quote from: justmeha on January 10, 2021, 06:10:18 PM

but how do I read a chat?

ETA: CMIIW but the backup file is not at regular word or PDF file

You can export individual chats into a readable format.

yzj · « **Reply #26 on:** January 10, 2021, 11:05:56 PM »

Quote from: Yehudaa on January 10, 2021, 08:04:53 PM

You've just committed the DDF cardinal sin of a repost, which is second only to posting in GFST without a price. Be careful, this is risky business that you're getting into

More like the sin of not reading the previous posts. Guilty.

yesitsme · « **Reply #27 on:** January 10, 2021, 11:21:30 PM »

Its just another Russian hoax
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1937297/important-read-this-should-we-be-leaving-whatsapp.html

zh cohen · « **Reply #28 on:** January 11, 2021, 01:01:57 AM »

Quote from: yesitsme on January 10, 2021, 11:21:30 PM

Its just another Russian hoax
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1937297/important-read-this-should-we-be-leaving-whatsapp.html

Do they by any chance make $$$ off of WhatsApp (and specifically statuses that don't have end to end encryption)?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #29 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:07:17 AM »

https://twitter.com/telegram/status/1348266599216795648?s=21

Btw, do people not know Telegram is Russian or they find that preferable to big tech?

Yo ssi · « **Reply #30 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:15:21 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on January 11, 2021, 02:07:17 AM

Btw, do people not know Telegram is Russian or they find that preferable to big tech?

Telegram is as Russian as it's founder is American..

yuneeq · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:22:07 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on January 11, 2021, 02:07:17 AM

https://twitter.com/telegram/status/1348266599216795648?s=21

Btw, do people not know Telegram is Russian or they find that preferable to big tech?

I think you mean the app banned in Russia and other authoritarian countries for years. Interestingly, big tech is managing just fine in those same places.

yuneeq · « **Reply #32 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:26:42 AM »

Quote from: Yehuda57 on January 10, 2021, 03:26:54 PM

Do I understand correctly, whatsapp can't share content of messages because it's E2E encrypted, but telegram could, in theory, if they decided to go that route?

WhatsApp is encrypted until anyone participating in the chat backs it up which is also highly encouraged in WhatsApp. In other words, every single one of your WhatsApp chats is available to be snooped on.

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #33 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:35:36 AM »

Quote from: yuneeq on January 11, 2021, 02:22:07 AM

I think you mean the app banned in Russia and other authoritarian countries for years. Interestingly, big tech is managing just fine in those same places.

Telegram is not blocked in Russia
I’m not aware of any country that blocks Telegram and allows Whatsapp

Yo ssi · « **Reply #34 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:38:14 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on January 11, 2021, 02:35:36 AM

Telegram is not blocked in Russia
I’m not aware of any country that blocks Telegram and allows Whatsapp

Iran

yuneeq · « **Reply #35 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:39:57 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on January 11, 2021, 02:35:36 AM

Telegram is not blocked in Russia
I’m not aware of any country that blocks Telegram and allows Whatsapp

GIYF https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #36 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:42:54 AM »

Quote from: Yo ssi on January 11, 2021, 02:38:14 AM

Iran

Ok but that appears to be simply because Whatsapp is too popular to ban in Iran

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2014/05/07/Iran-president-vetoes-Whatsapp-ban

I use both Telegram and Whatsapp and think privacy is overrated, just curious what others think

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:44:03 AM »

Quote from: yuneeq on January 11, 2021, 02:39:57 AM

GIYF https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia

Read it. There was never a point you couldn’t use Telegram in Russia. I personally communicate with Russians in Russia using Telegram.

Yo ssi · « **Reply #38 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:46:04 AM »

You missed the point.

yuneeq · « **Reply #39 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:51:33 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on January 11, 2021, 02:44:03 AM

Read it. There was never a point you couldn’t use Telegram in Russia. I personally communicate with Russians in Russia using Telegram.

FTT. In regards to your cute comment about Telegram being from Russia,I said it was banned in Russia, and in fact it was banned for years. They tried enforcing the ban, and knocked down the app, but Telegram managed to skirt the restrictions to the point that Russia gave up. To you, this means Telegram is “muh Russia” collusion, because Russia.

Re: Iran - supposedly Telegram was/is making up 60% of the total internet traffic in Iran. WhatsApp isn’t banned because of its popularity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_in_Iran

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Author Topic: Will you continue to use WhatsApp after Feb. 8th? (Read 5456 times)