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What makes a good messenger for you?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

when the messages arrive instantly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't a delayed message be mail lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Am instant message is good when it's signed properly by the user.

Sincerely, Raymond Holt

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When its private and end-to-end encrypted at all costs.

Something like Whatsapp will never be or telegram is not by default.

Signal and Matrix are good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun fact WhatsApp uses the same protocol for its message encryption as Signal, but not for its Metadata.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Meta/Facebook claim they use the Signal protocol. But no one can verify that since WhatsApp is not open source...

So just use Signal ๐Ÿ˜‡.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is protects my privacy and works well which is why I use Signal exclusively!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

XMPP / Jabber. Because: Open Source, organization behind it, old and battle tested, possible to selfhost, lots of clients on all platforms, end-to-end encryption.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

E2ee, lack of tracking, and system agnosticity.

Secondary to that is being decentralized, but that's a pipe dream.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Well, that might be delusional in regards to all that security and independence wishes here, but: being able to message people I want to message.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

FOSS, E2E encryption bases on an open and well-known standard, and either fully distributed or self-hostable.

[โ€“] chibah 1 points 2 years ago

one that has file transfer is a plus

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