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[–] s38b35M5 27 points 1 year ago (28 children)

If you are willing to use Signal, you already don't mind a tiny userbase, so why not use Session (or maybe Matrix) and enjoy privacy, security, AND anonymity?

Signal has always been clear that privacy!=anonymity and regards people who want both as both stupid and unusual. Its always been a weird dance to watch.

[–] themeltingclock 31 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I haven’t done any Signal app recruiting in my circle of contacts (in fact, I don’t think I’ve talked to anyone about it) and I have 14 contacts that have it installed at the very least. I don’t think it would be a huge push to make Signal more prevalent.

The uphill battle is making a dent in iMessage adoption, which seems to be deeper and deeper entrenched every day.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Signal is by far much easier to get family/friends to use than Matrix or Session. Downloaded it to my parents' phones and told them this is how you contact me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this is exactly what I did to my mother

(this sentence sounds so scary out of context)

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