Comment by drdaeman
7 years ago
> I have always refused to send that type of images/videos/audios
Isn't it still trivial to self-host stuff?
Just send a link to picture (or document or whatever confidential information you want to share) to a password-protected resource on your own server (or even a laptop or desktop machine, if you have globally routeable IP address there). Facebook automation is not that smart to grab the password from the very same conversation, and even if they do - I'm sure they won't do it, knowing you'll catch them in access logs and press charges for unauthorized access.
I doubt many would object and insist on sending via a very specific medium (i.e. strictly require pics in a FB Messenger). Some, of course, may find this inconvenient.
"trivial" and "your own server" together? :) Maybe for some code monkey, but not for my mom. :(
I really do wish self-hosting were more trivial, it would be a better world.
Where I live Internet providers deliberately make self hosting anything extremely hard.
Then they charge often 5x or more their normal price to let you host things, but add lots of exceptions, for example all providers put in contract they can immediately cancel your subscription of they detect you hosting anything irc related, doesn't matter of it is a irc server or a irc bot or a server for a open source irc client...