There are no guarantees in life, and simply moving off WhatsApp probably doesn't do much to improve my security situation, but whatever—I'm off WhatsApp and on Signal now. I've heard that Kakao Talk is also full of security holes. I'd like to get off that, too, but it's going to mean wrangling with friends and relatives who message me semi-regularly there.
The AI god says:
KakaoTalk has security vulnerabilities, including a history of user-data breaches and the potential for account takeover. While it uses encryption for some chats, this isn't always end-to-end by default, the protocol for "secret chats" has potential weaknesses, and the app has faced issues with data leakage and a significant fine for a breach in its open-chat feature.
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