We are excited to share that BirdyChat is the first chat app in Europe that can exchange messages with WhatsApp under the Digital Markets Act. This is a big step forward for anyone using BirdyChat for work.
  • huppakee ( huppakee@piefed.social ) English
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    9 months ago

    WhatsApp introduced Third-Party Chats in Europe earlier this year. BirdyChat connects through this official DMA interface and does not use any workarounds. All communication between BirdyChat and WhatsApp users is end-to-end encrypted.

    Nice

      • huppakee ( huppakee@piefed.social ) English
        2·
        9 months ago

        Yeah my view of meta isn’t changed the slightest by this. The Dutch court ruled against Facebook last year and they had to make a change ‘before the end of the year’ to avoid being fined, they rolled out the update with the fix literally the last hour before midnight december 31st. If they can profit, they will. If the fine was low enough, they might just as well have decided to just (continue to) break the law and pay the fines.

  • pasdechance ( pasdechance@jlai.lu ) English
    24·
    9 months ago

    No thanks. Not gonna use that.

    Terms and Conditions contains minor typos. Sounds like it creates shadow profiles or collects info of non-BirdyChat users, data is still being sent to WhatsApp. On Android the CHECK_LICENSE permission is used, so you need to have an active Google account on your device. I don’t use any alternative ROMs, but I don’t have a Google account. Usually, that means I won’t be able to use the application.

    • Kissaki ( Kissaki@feddit.org ) English
      2·
      9 months ago

      That smells illegal. That’s not interoperability as intended.

      Malicious compliance. Another round of demands, lawsuits, and pressuring with fines, I guess.

      Since WhatsApp is releasing interoperability as part of a gradual rollout, availability may differ slightly from country to country.

      Let’s hope the opt-in is an intermediate state and part of a gradual rollout.

  • isolatedscotch ( isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de ) English
    1·
    9 months ago

    if you don’t trust shady chat apps but still need to use WhatsApp, have a look at mautrix-whatsapp, a bridge between the open source matrix and WhatsApp. you can self host both your own matrix server and the bridge or use a public instance that has the bridge enabled. Then, just use one of the many matrix clients and use it as normal, chat, reply, send images, location sharing, etc etc