Well, Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and now Whatsapp. I really can’t stand using an app that has ads. I really really could use them if they weren’t so intrusive or annoying, Whatsapp it’s the only META app that I’m still using due my close relations do use it.
Which App do you use to chat with your closest people? You simple don’t? Or you use another medium to get in touch? I always can make a call to my relatives, but there are people, like my gf, which I need to communicate in more than one way, send audios, photos, videos, etc. Every reply it’s appreciate it.
Signal for those who have it and SMS for everyone else
Another vote for signal
Signal, mostly because I value my privacy though.
- Signal
- SimpleX
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From my understanding on the signal protocol, the only thing they can check is your last log in. So not really who you messaged.
The downside of signal is that it is centralized.
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Signal. It’s in the perfect middle ground of security and usability. Security enthusiasts will tell you it isn’t good enough. It’s fine, and it’s certainly better than Facebook Messenger.
I’ve wrangled over this very question for years. I’ve looked at all the research, I’ve read all of the articles and I’ve witnessed all of the armchair security ‘experts’ make their claims one way or the other. I got so exhausted bouncing back and forth between a dozen screamed opinions, I walked away. In the end, I decided to go with Signal and it has served my needs for a secure and private instant messenger with no ads or shady crypto-scams without fail.
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Teleguard, not Telegram.
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I feel like Delta Chat should be mentioned here as a secure, decentralized and pretty awesome alternative.
It also allows to communicate with non-delta chat users via email through the same chat interface
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WhatsApp like app is Signal. Other ones are better in terms of privacy but you have to convince contacts to use that, so….
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I was just about to ask this, so thanks, OP, and thanks, answer-givers.
Snikket.org Open Source, real End-to-end encryption (OMEMO), and you can use other clients if you don’t like theirs. You can also self-host.
