This is what happens when you have poorly educated, racist redneck immigration officials at airports

Decades from now these companies will be lumped in the same bracket as all those American companies that did business with the Nazis

I left WhatsApp and joined signal instead. I did notify most people but two years later not many have left WhatsApp. I do have a more quieter life. Some friends thought I’d ghosted them. Others thought I’d passed away. But to be honest, speaking to friends who work in secure comms companies, there is no such thing as privacy. Everyone in power has access to everyone’s messages and private lives

Great article. I highly recommend Corey Doctorow’s book called ‘Enshittification’ for more on this phenomenon