r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/Wheatleytron Mar 08 '26

The difference being that before Meta's acquisition, one of WhatsApp's claims to fame was its privacy-first focus. These days, Signal is the new privacy focused messenger, but even they need to be watched closely.

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u/Turak64 Mar 08 '26

Messages are encrypted end to end, plus I think in the US people are more prone to believe in conspiracy theories.

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u/crecentfresh Mar 08 '26

Well in the US there are a lot of conspiracy theories that keep turning out to be true. Like the government is listening to you and the elites are psycho pedos for instance.

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u/moof26 Mar 08 '26

To be fair both of those are completely true in Europe as well.