SucukIs it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.... #signal
anon5621Can i ask why exactly signal?
Well, it's more privacy-focused, feels like home, and it's not hard to get used to and it's not a data-hungry company like Meta or Google. Also Other platforms i tested didn't really fit right with me.
Well,I am quite suspicious just about signal as company.And have some reasons for that.
- First. blacklistednews.com/…/how-cia-created-signal-mess…
- Second this is quite strange bug which was sending random photo sent random images from the gallery to the user’s contacts github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/10247
- Third they are betraying idea to free/open source signal.org/blog/keeping-spam-off-signal/
- Fourth Messenger Signal reported that it leaked phone numbers and confirmation codes of 1.9 thousand users. This happened due to the hacking of the Twilio database, which checks numbers. support.signal.org/hc/en-us/…/4850133017242
- Fifth From new president of Signal was required to remove the registration by phone number by users.But nothing happened community.signalusers.org/t/…/622?page=29 under reasons they are fighting with spam–
OsrsNeedsF2POkay, but what else are they gonna use? Matrix?
yeah,or matrix or xmpp
I do not have the knowledge, time or money to set up my own servers for those sadly. And it would probably take time for my family to adjust to those.
Matrix doesn’t require you to set up a server.
SimpleX, briar, session, Jami, Cwtch, … There are plenty of alternatives these days.