The rings of share - the unsolved problem of sharing

Recently (last Saturday), I went to the Colombo Street Food Festival. It was a bit crowded for my liking but had awesome music and good beer. I snapped some photos of the event, recorded some clips of the music, and snapped some more photos with the others who I went to the festival with. ...

September 26, 2022 · Rukshan

My Journey In Deleting Facebook and Instagram Accounts

In April I made a decision that I wanted to make for a very long time. Delete my Facebook and Instagram accounts. I wanted to delete my Facebook and IG accounts for a while. I have even applied to delete my account several times in the past, only to reactivate it within few days. However, this time it was different. I was committed. ...

July 22, 2021 · Rukshan

Recycle Bin by Facebook

Facebook likes to collect as much data as possible, and they will try to retain your data as long as possible. This is why you can’t delete your Facebook or Instagram account for one month. They are slowly opening up WhatsApp so the data you communicate with businesses are available for Facebook. Because at the end of the day the data on what you communicate, how you interact with a business, and what businesses you are interested in communicating is more valuable than what you communicate with your friends, ...

May 13, 2021 · Rukshan

Facebook is combining Messenger and Instagram messaging

Today I received this popup notifying me that soon people using Instagram will be able to find and message me on Facebook. ...

February 24, 2021 · Rukshan

Why Google needs to build an open chat client like Element

Google recently blocked the Matrix based chat app Element from the Play Store sighting sexual content on the platform. It’s really hard to define the explanation because WhatsApp, Telegram users of other chat clients also share the same content. Telegram is also known to host groups sharing pirated content as well. ...

January 31, 2021 · Rukshan

The value of targeted advertising

This post will might be the post that will roast me the most. But before triggering your fingers just by reading the title I would like everyone to read my post, and read my argument before jumping in to conclusions. ...

January 27, 2021 · Rukshan

Who is sending these mysterious 2FA codes?

I read a recent post titled “That’s not how 2FA works”, it was an interesting read. ...

January 20, 2021 · Rukshan

I sent this email asking my friends to switch to Signal

Hello ? I know you like to use WhatsApp, I use WhatsApp as well. One of the most important things in WhatsApp that differentiates itself from other messaging apps like Viber, Messenger and Telegram is WhatsApp’s privacy. ...

January 13, 2021 · Rukshan

Signal, thank you for not collecting my data. But I won’t use you.

Facebook has given an ultimatum for WhatsApp users to either share their data with Facebook or leave the service. And that date is February 8th. ...

January 8, 2021 · Rukshan