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Old 05-14-2024, 8:58pm   #1
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For one on one conversations, what’s the benefit of WhatsApp versus just texting? Is this just a millenial thing?
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Old 05-14-2024, 9:07pm   #3
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Que? How’s it any better than just calling normally? I guess if cell service is bad but wifi is good?
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Old 05-14-2024, 9:08pm   #4
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International calls are free.
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It's huge in everywhere but North America. Free texting, calls, etc.
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I use it for work all the time. I have customers all over the world and my cell phone is my work phone which means I'd pay a fortune to call the international customers.

WhatsApp actually has VERY clear sound.
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International calls are free on my cell phone.
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I have some retired cell phones & was thinking of using that app on one for an alternate line of communications via wifi or tethering .

Google voice is handy for that also .
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Whatsapp is what Hunter used to get money from foreigners...
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It's the most used communication app in the world, has been for years.
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Burner Phone World Problems ~ meh
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Exactly. Plus it's end-to-end encryption. I use it only for 1 person, a developer in India that I hired. Works very well.
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Exactly. Plus it's end-to-end encryption. I use it only for 1 person, a developer in India that I hired. Works very well.
Yeah, sure, and yet Hunter's Whatsapp transcripts to a CCP affiliated foreigner were made public in their entirety. So weird ? Right ?
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No, you pay for it in the "plan" you've selected.

I've used it several times while traveling overseas.
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I use Whatsapp to make video calls with my parents in Austria.
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This makes sense for international, but what’s the benefit for domestic stuff? Twice this week I’ve had people at work ask for my phone number to connect on whatsapp. I’ve never had a need outside of standard talk and text.
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Whatswork ?
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My wife uses it to keep in touch with friends & family in Europe.
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Yeah, sure, and yet Hunter's Whatsapp transcripts to a CCP affiliated foreigner were made public in their entirety. So weird ? Right ?
I thought the messages were taken right from crackhead's abandoned laptop. Not sure how encryption can help with that.
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This.... and texts, group texts, and calls are all supposed to be encrypted point-to-point. Do I trust it? Not really. Would I use it if overseas for free calls over wifi? Yes.
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