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Sad that Wire wasn't mentioned. I think its the only one that encrypts everything, allows anonymous accounts (no phone number needed!), and has independent clients on all platforms (no mobile app install required, but they have one) that seamlessly syncs messages on all clients
Oh, and its free and open-source.
Last update on F-Droid was 2 years ago tho
Yeah, its getting pretty crusty. I think they laid off like 80% of their staff and made a hard fork of the app and never put the new version in f-droid.
They really need to fix that..
Check out Session, built on Lokinet, no signups
Getsession.org
It has all the features I mentioned?
Is there a desktop client that doesn't require you to signup with a mobile app?
Edit: just tried to download it, but I couldn't find any release signature file. Thats not a good sign.
Yes, but I think the only clients are from Session themselves currently. All platforms, all independent and can have multiple accounts. Everything encrypted by default (and no way to send clear text)
Yeah their signatures and shasums are hosted on github. They're a small team, which is probably why they rely on it
Here's their android one at least https://github.com/oxen-io/session-android/releases
I loved it but had to let go because too many times messages didn't deliver using different devices, different networks, different recipients. This is over years of trying. I really wanted it to work but sadly that was a big reason to stop trying.
Huh, been using it for years and never had that issue. I do have some people complain about notifications, but not lack of delivery