WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoU.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattackwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1632arrow-down1external-linkU.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattackwww.nbcnews.comWhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square181fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squares_s@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·2 months 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_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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.