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Great read:
ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-si…

> #Signal published a blog post on how we were all different and they were trying to adapt to those differences. Signal was for everyone, told the title. Ironically, that very same day, I’ve lost access to my account.

> I’ve suddenly been excluded from all the conversations with my friends because I very slightly but unacceptably deviated from the norm.

> 3yrs ago, I thought having a black and white screen on my own phone was more comfortable for my eyes.


Losing Signal

Losing Signal écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.
ploum.net
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in reply to Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

Justice F. Dazzle
Justice F. Dazzle
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I mean, I have been pushing #Threema for years. I started using it ~15 (Fukk, am I old?) years ago, when it was still in #beta, if memory serves. It never really took off outside of the paranoid, #security conscious, IT crowd, but maybe now more people will start gravitating towards it.
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I mean, they literally have (for #Android, anyway) an app that they guide you how to install without using #Google or the #PlayStore, so that you don't trigger #trackers and #analytics.

Edit: Adding link to Threema Libre

threema.ch/en/blog/posts/three…


Threema Libre: Full Independence from Google Services

threema.ch
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Mathijs
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@justice_dazzle except threema has the very same fault signal does: it is a centralised service with a signle entity dictating who gets to use it and who doesn't. I thought that was the point of this article.
@Justice F. Dazzle
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Justice F. Dazzle
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@mvgorcum I had not read the entire article before I posted. I did find this site which has a few different Decentralized options.
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geckoandfly.com/20552/encrypte…
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The one I used to use was FireChat, but, unfortunately, it is defunct now.

12 Free Encrypted & Decentralized Messenger For iOS And Android

Edward Snowden exposed the need for us to have a more secure way of sending messages via smartphone, it is now known that the NSA monitors all messages
Ngan Tengyuen (GeckoandFly)
@Mathijs
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Mathijs
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@justice_dazzle I personally host an xmpp server and a matrix server. My xmpp server is unfortunately barely used, but my matrix server is working really well for me.
@Justice F. Dazzle
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