I've seen a lot of grumbling amongst people on Facebook recently (I
know, but when almost all of your friends have been assimilated, you
eventually realise what else can you do yourself..) about concerns that
Facebook is trying to move people over from the Facebook Messenger web
service to the Facebook Messenger app, coupled with concerns about
whether the app might be using the microphone to listen in at all times:
http://www.snopes.com/2016/06/04/professor-claims-facebook-is-eavesdropping-on-their-users/
It seems that as concerns about personal privacy and the risks of
ad-funded internet services are now finally starting to become better
known, would Linphone not be in a potentially good position to gain some
good publicity for itself as a multi-platform, and open alternative to
proprietary messaging/videocall applications? If it was better known,
and better used, I'm sure you could also see an increase in donations
towards development as well.
At present, Linphone doesn't have a formal presence on Facebook, would
someone at Linphone be able to spend even a small amount of time
managing a Linphone Facebook page occasionally to help better publicise
its existence? (Likewise Twitter: I don't do Twitter myself (there's a
limit to how much time I can waste on the internet!), but the fact is
that many people do.)
It would be really great to see open and secure solutions become more
popular, but half the battle in doing so is just to let people know that
you even exist!
David.
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