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The Day WhatsApp Goes Dark

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The Day WhatsApp Goes Dark

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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A thought experiment in what we built without noticing.

A thought experiment in what we built without noticing.

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Let’s start by understanding the sheer scale of WhatsApp. The Meta owned and operated messenger has roughly 3.3 billion monthly active users

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