Also, for anyone who doesn't know, LINE is ubiquitous in East Asia and parts of South East Asia. In Japan and Korea, everyone and their grandmother are there. Not being on LINE here is "worse" than not being on FB in the west.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26488445
On a different note: Has KakaoTalk gone out of fashion in korea? I thought line was mostly Japan and Taiwan and korea was KakaoTalk, China WeChat and everywhere else WhatsApp.
But I have noticed line appearing in some never kdramas.
This is just an idea though, I have no real basis for the claim. I have noticed the same thing, though.
I doubt you'd do that as a mean to show a generic chat. I think that is more of an attempt to make inroads in Korea (or perhaps pandering to viewers outside Korea)
It's absolutely the case in Japan, though.
LINE is bigger than WhatsApp in Taiwan and I think Thailand, though.
It’s also my primary messaging app. What’s App is only used for business stuff in Singapore.
The metadata - who talks to who and when - in many cases is more valuable to an adversary than the actual content of the messages. All the crypto in the world doesn't help once the identity of one person you associate with becomes "of interest" you are of interest too and old-fashioned methods can be used.