technologicalcaveman@kbin.socialtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•PSA: Anyone can tell if you are using WhatsApp on your computer
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10 months agoI knew my brother got a new phone because signal told me their usual device had changed.
I knew my brother got a new phone because signal told me their usual device had changed.
A coworker of mine was an computer engineer in the early 2000s, but is now a warehouse director. She told me she helped her son build a new pc but it was having heating issues. I asked about fans and she said it only had 2 intake on the front with no exhaust. Told her a local shop that has cheaply priced good fans. She said computers have changed a lot in 20 years. I helped in about a week ago with choosing storage blocks, had no clue nvme even existed.
I was using Firefox then swapped to mull. Both are good, i just figured I’d try something different and saw mull on fdroid.
Well, I knew my brother was getting a new phone soon anyways so getting notified his device changed wasn’t a surprise. Otherwise, getting notified hia device changed without that knowledge may have triggered me to contact him elsewhere to ask if he did. Signal is mostly going to be conversations between close/trusted individuals. It doesn’t tell you what they changed to, the message basically tells you that if this person didn’t legitimately change devices then it might be a bad actor.