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   Proton (protonprivacy@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 19:57:59 JST Proton

   TL;DR While your private photos may be safe, WhatsApp and, by extension, all Meta services know you sent something, when you sent it, and who you sent it to.

   Read more about it here: https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-safe-private-photos

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 20:11:16 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @protonprivacy

     "However, when it comes to sending private photos, there’s an even better way than messaging apps...#ProtonDrive."

     Please explain, why ProtonDrive is more secure sharing photos than #Threema Libre. (Apart from the expiration date.
     A password only helps, if the end-users' smartphone enables it. Once downloaded to the phone, it's as secure or less (you will always download a pic from a drive, whereas you don't need to in the Yhreema timeline.)

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 20:11:26 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

     in reply to

     @protonprivacy

     "However, when it comes to sending private photos, there’s an even better way than messaging apps...#ProtonDrive."

     Please explain, why ProtonDrive is more secure sharing photos than #Threema Libre. (Apart from the expiration date.
     A password only helps, if the end-users' smartphone enables it. Once downloaded to the phone, it's as secure or less (you will always download a pic from a drive, whereas you don't need to in the #Threema timeline.)

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 00:07:08 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @sproid

     Thanks for pointing this out, I did read that.
     However, IF s.o. with access rights can also download and thus re-share my pics (standard procedure, I'd) say, there is no increased security by a web drive solution in comparison to e2e encryption. In fact, screenshotting would also need to be disabled for the pics to be more secure.

     Other than that, having them in a Threema or Signal TL is as secure as the least protected smartphone in this chain. No PW'll change that.

     @protonprivacy

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     🅘🅢🅜🅐🄹 (sproid@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 00:07:09 JST 🅘🅢🅜🅐🄹

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     • HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

     @HistoPol @protonprivacy 3 paragraph down it gives 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 answer.. "If you send a private photo through Proton Drive, you control who can see it. Not only is the link encrypted, but you can also set a password, set an expiration date, or turn sharing off with a single click."

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     🅘🅢🅜🅐🄹 (sproid@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 03:08:39 JST 🅘🅢🅜🅐🄹

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     • HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

     @HistoPol @protonprivacy I agree and they even recommend Signal or Threema. I think the argument for "better" would be on certain circumstances that a messenger app is not ideal. Like having shared albums. But the blog is mostly about promoting the services, bring awareness that's an option.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 03:17:02 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @sproid

     All rigk ht, if you have non-constant groups that you want to share folders with, a web drive is more convenient.

     However, forming e.g. a "FamilyFotos" group in a messenger service, also serves the same purpose.

     The only advantages I see are a) uncompressed pics and b) user stats.

     @protonprivacy