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minus-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoHonestly there needs to be an open source WhstsApp replacement.
minus-squareabbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·7 days agoThat exists. It’s called Signal.
minus-squaredrath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoBut dont try to use it in Russia (or Iran, or anywhere with authoritarian government). That’s how you put a target on your head. I’d suggest matrix but it kind of sucks as well. Any other options?
minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down17·7 days agoSignal is not open source.
minus-squareabbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) Signal is an open-source, encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android You were saying?
minus-squaremalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agohttps://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s not? Someone told me it was, can you elaborate?
minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoI was wrong, just remembered incorrectly.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoMy guess is that they can not truthfully elaborate on an untrue statement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) But personally I use Molly because seems more open. https://molly.im/
minus-squareNebLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoAnd if you don’t want Signal because its “too centralized” for whatever reason, there’s DeltaChat, SimpleX, and good ol’ XMPP.
Honestly there needs to be an open source WhstsApp replacement.
That exists. It’s called Signal.
But dont try to use it in Russia (or Iran, or anywhere with authoritarian government). That’s how you put a target on your head.
I’d suggest matrix but it kind of sucks as well.
Any other options?
Signal is not open source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android
You were saying?
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server
It’s not? Someone told me it was, can you elaborate?
I was wrong, just remembered incorrectly.
My guess is that they can not truthfully elaborate on an untrue statement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)
But personally I use Molly because seems more open.
https://molly.im/
And if you don’t want Signal because its “too centralized” for whatever reason, there’s DeltaChat, SimpleX, and good ol’ XMPP.