Comment by dotancohen
8 days ago
> This should be illegal that the government forces people into apps controlled by private, commercial entities. I call such a government corrupt.
Or how about schools requiring parents to use WhatsApp to receive updates and information? Luckily my ex forwards to me the important stuff, but not everyone is as lucky to have an ex like mine ))
If the government (or school) is going to require us to have a smartphone in order to access critical government information, then we should demand that the government provide us with a compatible smartphone.
Would you use that phone?
If your employer required the use of a smartphone for essential components of your job and provided you with a smartphone and cellular data plan, would you not use that smartphone for those components of your job?
I'd not use employer- or government-furnished equipment for tasks that the equipment wasn't provided to complete, but I'd definitely use it for those tasks.
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Forget exes—-how about current partners! I predict with high confidence that my wife’s response to such a request would be “grow up and install WhatsApp already.”
Mine would be the exact opposite. She'd walk into the school district office and read them the riot act for being so stupid.
To which one might reply "I can not unread those terms of service to which I do not consent".
Oh, wait, I think I've just figured out why I'm divorced.