So is this the reason that I see massive full page ads saying that WhatsApp is secure? They are worried that introducing ai will make everyone worried it can read all the messages? Or is it that just that they now have a way to read your messages?
WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family
Submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.zip
https://futurism.com/the-byte/whatsapp-text-summary
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purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 1 day ago
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
Most messages are so short I don’t see why you’d need a summary. Are people that poor at reading that like 10 sentences is a struggle? If so, education seems like what we should spend millions of dollars on.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If the AI could help me decipher what the emoji mean that would be legit helpful
GoobyMcMooby@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
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Mac@mander.xyz 1 day ago
2 + 4 = a six year old child
Got it, thank you!
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 1 day ago
I thought it was a weird version of Elton John's Too Low For Zero.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 days ago
I think there is an entire meme genre about Apple AI notification summaries and the sometimes hilarious results.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Uh hunh. “Friends & family”, surrre. 🤣😶
GoobyMcMooby@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
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blah3166@piefed.social 2 days ago
Here's a list of reasons why you should consider moving to Signal , if you haven't already:
Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 1 day ago
From Signal’s terms and conditions
If i understand correctly, their servers are in the usa. So the usa government has the same level of access as compared to whatsapp? It’s non profit now, but so was openai…
WhatsApp is definitely taking a step in the wrong direction. However, switching to another app is difficult, it’s hard to get people ingrained in an ecosystem switch once let alone twice…
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Any company operating in any country has to comply with their laws. The difference is that Singal has almost no data to share to comply. Message content and metadata is encrypted so they have no access to it. Your phone number is the only identifier they have and would be obligated by law to share.
blah3166@piefed.social 1 day ago
Their "home office" is in the US. That doesn't necessarily mean they don't have servers distributed globally.
No, the US government does not have the same level of access to Signal as they do with Whatsapp. The only reason the US has so much access to Whatsapp is because Whatsapp only bothered to implement End-to-end encryption (E2EE). Unfortunately, in 2205, E2EE is the bare minimum. E2EE via the Signal protocol has been a "solved issue" since 2013 and Whatsapp implemented it 3 years later (great!) but they have not improved privacy since. Whatsapp still collects a metric-fuck-ton of metadata like:
Then they correlate this data with everything else they have about you to "fill in the gaps". Signal doesn't collect any metadata.
The difference here is there's nothing of value for Signal to "sell" since they don't collect metadata and have engineered it to work without being able to see anything. The Signal server and client are already open source, there's no "secret sauce". Lastly, because they collect zero data they can't even sell it for ad-serving purposes. Who would buy Signal?
100% agree. The best way I've found is to drop the offending platform (whatsapp) and move to Signal. Let others know you accept text/SMS or Signal messages. Over the years the people on Signal (at least in my group) has steadily grown.
I would like to close by saying that Signal is not shy about complying with the law, they will not go to prison for anyone's potential crimes. That said, they publish the data they provide when compelled by law and the only data they collect is the day + time you signed up with their service and the last day (not time) one of your clients pinged their servers, source: https://signal.org/bigbrother/
autonomoususer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is the correct response to slop like that.