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Originally Posted by Estel View Post
if you have friends and family that use things hurting their privacy, morally, it would be good thing to at least warn them and explain why it's bad thing to do.
Done.

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
If they don't listen - well, their problem.
And mine... They are sending my phone number to Whatsapp inc...

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
But it doesn't mean you must jump into acid pool, just because everyone else is doing it.
This is why I use a whatsapp client (Yappari) with another phone number and sync just the people I know they already have Whatsapp.

And this is why I want Spotbros or Telegram to get widely used. They are much better than Whatsapp in privacy concerns (and Telegram in Openess).

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
Personally, I respect others decision to sue whatever crap they like, but I also demand them to respect my choice of using different things. So, if they want to contact me, nothing stop them from signing up on jabber - I'll gladly help with the process.
I'm qualified as the freak, the paranoid. They say "wtf? Who the ****ing care about me saying stupidities in an IM" and similar... When my N900 usb port broke, I have been months talking to a bunch of friends by Google-talk, but lot of time I had to make phone calls to get informed of what are we going to do at weekend, because they just talk throught whatsapp groups and assume everybody has it. I used an old Android phone, and I didn't install official whatsapp because I don't want to send all my phonebook. I prefer to pay for phone calls or SMSs.

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
Someone, who would be above to sign-up in transparent and privacy-safe service to stay in touch with me - because he is too used to skype/whatsapp/whatever, and ignore fact that not everyone like giving their privacy away for free - could hardly be called a friend.
Well, so now I have near no friends and no family. They simply don't understand the value of privacy.

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
I don't need to mention that often, after getting accustomed with FOSS tools even if just to stay in touch with me, such person gradually stops using crappy services, and starts convincing others to do it "right way"?
You're lucky. All the people I know here around (Spain) that thinks like me are in my same situation and for us trying to convince others is like fighting with a wall.
 

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