Meta today is offering more details about how it plans to make its messaging apps, WhatsApp and Messenger, interoperable with third-party messaging
To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol
Submitted 8 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Sounds like ~facebook~ Meta isn’t seriously considering interoperation with the existing Signal network, which is a weight off my chest.
CameronDev@programming.dev 8 months ago
I’d kinda prefer if they did interop with the signal network, because then i can get off messenger entirely. Messenger is already signal protocol, i dont see any problem there.
What are you concerned about?
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 8 months ago
I’m forgetting the term everyone was throwing around when (Facebook’s) Threads was supposedly going to federate. But the gist of it was that this is an old Big Tech move: small community is created and thrives, big company integrates into the ecosystem, then a couple of years later the big tech company controls that that whole ecosystem.
If Facebook were to completely integrate, I worry they would begin to bring in additional features (maybe like blue chat bubbles for FB users, or bringing back SMS in the app; some feature that you’d only be getting on the FB version of the ecosystem) and use that to begin to strong arm the ecosystem under their control.
There’s probably a Slippery Slope Fallacy in there, but my good will towards Big Tech is minimal after the last decade or so.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Signal network is centralized, and they are too small of a player to need to open it up themselves.
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Right, but with Signal being an open source project, it seems that anyone could (pending license-ability) build an app to interact with the main Signal network. It’s my understanding there’s a few apps on F-Droid that let you do that already.
Thus, Facebook should be able to (at least in theory) build compatibility for the Signal network into their existing messengers.
Is there any part of that I’m missing?