I have nothing against Signal. I just don’t have access to a phone number right now. I fully intend to use the Signal when I get a number. I know there is no silver bullet, no absolutes in the privacy world but I’m looking for any messengers that are generally considered to be private and secure on Android that I can try to convince my friends and family to use. I have a mid - low threat model, it’s just the thought of giving the Zuck anymore of my family’s data makes my skin crawl.

  • Hyperi0n@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Does anyone have any recommendations for Element chat groups to join? All I find when I DuckDuckGo it is recommended clients that use Matrix, coding stuff, or weird sounding mathematical principles. Any groups involving FOSS discussions or ttrpgs would be great!

    • Hyperi0n@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I would have made a new post but I didn’t want to seem like I’m hogging the bandwidth on this group by posting so close together so I asked here. Hopefully that’s okay. You’ve all been so helpful, thank you guys.

      • Hyperi0n@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah you know what, nah not touching Element. I joined the biggest RPG group on the site and it was all proud boys and the most professional looking InfoSec discussion board with over 1800 people is a dead group where people spammed gore pictures. Screw that, Element is a cesspool. Simplex is the winner Ding, ding ding, ding! I’m closing up shop now, I need to wash out my eyes

        • pootriarch@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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          1 year ago

          the one thing after playing with simplex, the ‘no central id’ is excellent for absolute privacy and they’ve implemented it a clever way. that id does let me resume a conversation between desktop and phone, using signal or xmpp. if it’s possible with simplex i think i’d have to make a group (and that’s only mobile to mobile, as simplex looks mobile-only)