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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Element 2.0 or Signal is only worth ones, I think.

But to be honest - it's only IP and phone number. If you have concerns about possibility of such request about your persona, you always can buy Telegram's anonymous phone number / fake telephone number / use VPN to login.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Just clarifying for the ones who don't know: Element is a Matrix client.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Element I'm not that sure, it's so bloated that I'm surprised it works on mobile phones. Regarding matrix sure

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They said element 2.0, which I'd assume means Element X using matrix 2.0. From my testing in the last few weeks, element X has been the fastest messaging app I've ever used. Probably still some bugs but does not feel bloated anymore at all.

[–] JubilantJaguar 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

His friends, maybe? lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not bloated because it doesn't have almost any features. No spaces, no threads, joining channels doesn't work, wait until becomes as the predecessors. The performance improvement is negligible in my experience. It does simply depend on thr homeserver performance , not much on matrix version

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I prefer wire.

Unlike matrix, wire encrypts everything. Its not possible to send unencrypted messages on Wire.

Unlike Signal, you don't need a phone or a phone number to use Wire. Create an account with an anonymous email address directly on either the desktop app or the mobile app.