objects (@objects@social.espeweb.net)
La IA de Whatsapp ja parla català https://www.dbalears.cat/balears/llengua/2025/12/01/413775/whatsapp-parla-catala.html #IllesBalears #Whatsapp #Llengua
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Rhababerbarbar (@Rhababerbarbar@tux.social)
Another #HowTo, this time how to use #Signal on #Android without giving it broad media permissions.
Signal does not use the 2 possible secure methods of accessint photos that Android offers, and clones #Whatsapp in that regard.
By insisting on needing access to read all your images, while being a complex app connected to the internet, and the only official versions containing proprietary #Google #blobs.
Links:
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/46828
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/55725
Other messengers like #SimpleX, #Element, #ElementX, #Fluffychat, #Conversations, #Threema and more save themselves the effort and just use the builtin options, improving security by design and unnecessary code bloat.
So, how can I use Signal without trusting it with all my images?
1. Use the "Share" Portal.
That is the obvious one, and a very nice feature on Android. It allows to share any media to an application and giving it access to only that.
This also works across the #WorkProfile or #PrivateSpace and can be used by Apps like #SaveTo to transfer files.
The workflow is often slower than just using the media chooser portal, but it works. It is what I use since years.
2. Android hacks
But this is not all. Setting a profile picture or group profile picture does not work through the share portal. So we use a Feature specific to Androids Sandbox:
- All apps can save files to various default directories like Pictures, Movies, Music, Downloads, Documents; without having read access to it.
- And all apps can access files they themself saved there.
Combining these two features, you can send a picture to Signal and use the "Save locally" button to save it from within the app.
The result is that this picture will be visible in Signals internal gallery and can be selected for profile and group pictures.
Obvious downsides are
- it is a stupid workflow
- it duplicates images that you need to delete manually afterwards
- pictures might be compressed twice, losing quality
But for this very limited purpose, it is kinda fine.
Still, @signalapp please solve this very old issue!
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reddit_tech_vn_bot (@reddit_tech_vn_bot@mastodon.maobui.com)
Ứng dụng **AutoReply Pro+** giúp tự động trả lời tin nhắn WhatsApp nhanh chóng, lý tưởng cho việc quản lý phản hồi khách hàng trong giờ cao điểm, đặt lịch, theo dõi thông tin… 💡 Nhận quyền truy cập Pro miễn phí với mã **REFR5RRK**! Dành cho doanh nghiệp và cá nhân tối ưu thời gian.
#Ứng_dụng_tiện_ích #WhatsApp #Tự_động_hóa #SideProject #Tiết_kiệm_thời_gian
#AutoReplyPro #AppMới #ToolsSản_Xuất #Khách_hàng_thông_minh
https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1pbjf6g/autoreply_pro_app_au
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ff7 (@ff7@freiburg.social)
@zahox
#Signal is a walled garden, same as #whatsapp.
#Signal is oil to the fire, too: https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/07/the-revolution-will-not-be-signaled/
only decenetrelized and/or #p2p you really have the choice.
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ceotech (@ceotech@mastodon.social)
WhatsApp può rivelare la posizione GPS nei messaggi
#Android #App #Comunicazione #Crittografia #GPS #iOS #Messaggistica #Metadati #Posizione #Privacy #Sicurezza #TechNews #Tecnologia #WhatsApp
https://www.ceotech.it/whatsapp-puo-rivelare-la-posizione-gps-nei-messaggi/
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Olly42 (@Olly42@nerdculture.de)
New Eternidade Stealer uses WhatsApp to steal Banking Data.
IT-Security researchers at Trustwave’s SpiderLabs have issued a warning about a new banking trojan targeting bank customers in Brazil. Dubbed Eternidade Stealer [Portuguese for Eternity]….
#whatsapp #banking #trojan #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
🚨 CISA warns of renewed commercial spyware surge CISA alerts that threat actors are intensifying misuse of commercial spyware targeting #Signal and #WhatsApp users via phishing or malicious QR-code linking. Zero-click exploits let attackers siphon messages, credentials and device data silently.
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aboutsignal (@aboutsignal@mastodon.social)
Missed Signal’s President @Mer__edith on #Buitenhof?
About #Signal, the power of Big Tech, and why privacy matters.
Watch it back here🍿: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD5Am-KWNY
Not using Signal yet? Try it out for free: https://signal.org/install
#signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy #whatsapp
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AboutSignalNL (@AboutSignalNL@mastodon.social)
Signal's President Meredith Whittaker in #Buitenhof gemist?
Over Signal, de macht van Big Tech en waarom privacy belangrijk is.
Bekijk het hier terug🍿: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD5Am-KWNY
Nog geen Signal? Download gratis: https://signal.org/install
#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy #whatsapp #bigtech
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Thomas Frank makes feelings clear after Tottenham players' crisis talks - 'We are nothing'
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Indiens Telekombehörde DoT verpflichtet Messenger-Dienste zur dauerhaften SIM-Bindung. WhatsApp, Telegram und Signal müssen binnen 90 Tagen umstellen. #WhatsApp
Indien zwingt WhatsApp und Tel...
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Tutanota (@Tutanota@mastodon.social)
DMA crackdown for the win! 🙌 #WhatsApp is becoming interoperable in the EU
What does this mean?
✅ WhatsApp users in the EU can message people on other apps
✅ More #freedom for you
✅ Better chances to compete for smaller apps
➡️ Find out more here: https://tuta.com/blog/whatsapp-interopable-in-europe
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