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I don't want WhatsApp & I avoid the 'stores, so it's F-Droid options for me...
Any opinions on Jami?
I'm also seeing XMPP mentioned in the comments, so I might look at that a bit more...
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Saving you the bother, Signal is good, but requires phone number and the desktop client sucks, while the generally recommended federated FOSS things are all over-engineered and morally obsolete. One can't rework XMPP into a modern standard, and it's complex. Actually Signal's authors have published a couple of articles explaining their choices in making it.
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I found SimpleX Chat to be a fairly decent alternative without phone numbers.
Signal or WIRE.
When the article about end to end user encryption messaging platforms mentions neither I have to question why it’s even an article.
Signal or WIRE.
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How, in 2024, are people still using TEXTs??
There are so many apps for encrypted messaging, even fricken WhatsApp.
How do people still use text messages
It's an American thing.
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Session is very good and doesn’t require a phone number (like Signal).
Clunky for the average joe
In what way? I find it exactly the same as Signal but without needing to disclose my phone number (and therefore more anonymous). The user experience, imho, is the same.
I don’t believe Signal requires a phone number anymore
It does. You just don't need to give it out to communicate anymore
Ah gotcha. Thanks