RoelantJun 21, 2025
ploum

Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :

- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members

Best of all ? It is currently free to join!

Go now to your app store and install it before it is too late!

It is called "Signal"

https://ploum.net/2025-05-23-chats-digital-clutter.html

Reducing the digital clutter of chats

Reducing the digital clutter of chats par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

Jun 21, 2025 at 9:53amWeb
Show threadJan VlugJun 21, 2025
@ploum Lol, I started reading and already decided: I'm not interested in #WhatsApp. Just before scrolling further I realized what the premium version is :-)
Show threadneoslugmanJun 21, 2025
@ploum j'adore !
Show threadKaris [moved account- see bio]Jun 21, 2025
@ploum 😄
Show threadgwhJun 21, 2025
@ploum It also has none of my contacts unfortunately😞
Show threadSatin ThérèseJun 21, 2025
@gwenhael @ploum everything have to be created in any case anyway...? Some won't change for privacy, so they'll have to use youre phne number.. what différence ? 😉
Show threadBjarne OldrupJun 21, 2025

@gwenhael @ploum Your chance to be first mover 😉

Change has to start somewhere. Trying Signal for group chat or video call is an easy way to get people on board. And unlike Metas products, is easy, as it should be, to delete your account.

Show threadDuncan BluesJun 21, 2025
@gwenhael @ploum
That's something that can be changed.
Show threadCarmilla DeWinterJun 21, 2025
@ploum merci! Just the thing to put into my WhatsApp status for today...
Show threadStephNov 18, 2025
@carmilladewinter @ploum Yes! Perfect way to advise my contacts I'll be leaving WhatsApp this month!
Show threadRodrigo PioJun 21, 2025
@ploum love this, spreading now a concise version everywhere 
Show threadТунеядец 🛌Jun 21, 2025
@ploum 💙
Show threadU.LancierJun 21, 2025
@ploum and it hass way less trolls, cryptobros, and fascists loudmouths.
Show threadMikeJun 21, 2025
So exclusive that no one I know uses it
Show threadhuckJun 21, 2025
@ploum Did you know that there are premium versions of signal, where the users are at level with the service providers, because there are many providers per protocol, and one can even set one up oneself? So policy changes cannot be pushed by threatening to lose one's network. They are called matrix and xmpp. And they don't even have to be stationed in the US!
Show threadPepie 34 🐘🏳️‍🌈🐾Jun 21, 2025
@huck @ploum I have 2 phones one for internal use no SIM card less pro app less notifications; the other the standard one for external use with signal on it. There is no way for my home phone to be linked as a slave app, as the tab app do. The main $ competitor does it without problem and no web app to circumvent it. That s a categorical no go for me. For my close friends I use xmpp and conversations.im that does not care how many devices I have and their nature, phone tab or laptop
Show threadGowtham SarathyJun 21, 2025
@ploum but only 7 of my 800 contacts has it. Better to use SMS
Show threadBenjamin Sonntag-KingJun 21, 2025
@ploum also, the argument that no-one in your address book is using it is false:
Tried it for an old lady friend of my mother: a dozen of her most frequent contacts already had WhatsApp premium 🥰
Show threadSteffiJun 21, 2025
@ploum funny. I had Signal for years, even convinced my friends to use it. Then they announced that they dropped the SMS feature and I uninstalled the app that very minute.
Show threadLaurent ☕Nov 17, 2025
Same
Show threadPeteJun 21, 2025

@ploum

Or @deltachat:

https://delta.chat/en/

#deltachat

Delta Chat: Delta Chat, decentralized secure messenger

Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app 💬 Reliable instant messaging with multi-profile and multi-device support ⚡️ Sign up to secure and interoperable chatmail relays 🥳 Interactive ...

Show threadadbJun 21, 2025
@pete @ploum fixed it for you, nothing prevents in some years for Signal to take the same path, it is time to realize once and for all that the problem is centralization instead of jumping from one centralized silo to the next until it also becomes a shitshow
Show threadBill the LizardJun 21, 2025
@ploum And don't forget, there's a non-zero chance of learning US national security secrets!
Show threadDr. SeltsamJun 21, 2025
@ploum is there an optional ai integration for Signal?
Show threadMiakoda Jun 21, 2025
@ploum Still waiting for a signsl app that works well enough on my phone. 🤷‍♀️️
Show threadv4rd4453nJun 21, 2025
@ploum but why does it require a phone number to sign up?
Show threadEric LawtonJun 21, 2025

@ploum

Since my wife is disabled, we use it just to communicate around our home, if I'm out of earshot.

We don't want to inform Big Tech of everything we talk about.

@AnnaAnthro

Show threadZeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶Jun 21, 2025
@EricLawton @ploum @AnnaAnthro In this case, you can be more secure by using Conversations as a client with a Yunohost + Metronome or Prosody running on your own server (Raspberry Pi or VPS).
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Jun 21, 2025

@ploum

If only notifications worked reliably.

Show threadnai Jun 21, 2025
@ploum tg user here, cannot use signal without missing features :/
Show threadDistanteJun 21, 2025
@ploum It's a shame that Signal doesn't have channels
Show thread🇯🇴Jun 21, 2025
@Distante @ploum SimpleX Chat has! https://simplex.chat
SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)

SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.

Show threadVolodymyrJun 22, 2025
@Distante channels like in whatsapp/tg? For what? Fediverse is channels. You can close your subscribers list also

@ploum
Show threadDistanteJun 22, 2025
@Xen4n @ploum Today's social media feeds leave room to miss important posts if you are subscribed to more than 7 accounts. Channels solve this problem
Show threadVolodymyrJun 23, 2025
@Distante no, you can add subscribed account to lists and read only his timeline.

Union messenger and social network / news feeds is a bad idea.

@ploum
Show threadDistanteJun 23, 2025
@Xen4n @ploum You still don't have a position on which post you last read. Channels keep the position and give you an indicator of how many new posts have appeared
Show threadVolodymyrJun 23, 2025
@Distante it can be managed by the client not much hard

@ploum
Show thread🇺🇦🇪🇺 cweickhmannJun 21, 2025
@ploum Bonus: you might get invited to US war rooms... 😉
Show thread🇯🇴Jun 21, 2025

@ploum And there is a premium version of Signal.
Which is decentralized, doesn't rely on phone numbers and has even more privacy.
- It's called "SimpleX Chat"

https://simplex.chat

SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)

SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.

Show threadNelsonJun 26, 2025

@kadjrare @ploum Sadly, SimpleX is run by fascists. Just read any post from their lead developer on Nazified Twitter for confirmation, like this post promoting hatred against trans people: https://x.com/epoberezkin/status/1881832239186759841

Even if they weren't fascists, they are a for-profit company that has taken VC funding, which means they would be doomed to become evil in the long run.

Evgeny (@epoberezkin) on X

@JamesEsses It is not just ideology. It is promotion of the chemical castration and mutilation to the children – the UK government should prohibit these horrific experiments. cc @reformparty_uk @RupertLowe10 please raise this issue in the parliament.

X (formerly Twitter)
Show thread🇯🇴Jun 26, 2025
@skyfaller @ploum It's an opensource project and anyone can run their own servers. I really don't think we should not use a masterpiece because of the creator
Show thread🇯🇴Aug 16, 2025
@skyfaller @ploum I thought better about what you said. I think https://cwtch.im is an alternative
Cwtch | Cwtch

Metadata-Resistant Messaging

Show threadShortCircuitJun 21, 2025
Good for up to and including "Top Secret" military intelligence!
Show threadJohan Alfredéen 🌍🇪🇺🇺🇦Jun 21, 2025
@ploum Matrix/Element anyone? It is decentralized. Hoping for it to take off.
Show threadTuxicomanJun 22, 2025

@JohanAlfredeen @ploum

Matrix is resources consuming (compared to xmpp) and lack the instant notifications on Android compared to Conversations if you use your own server or the fdroid client.

Show threadDerek MartinJun 21, 2025
@ploum @ColinTheMathmo and most importantly, it is not owned by Meta or Google or Microsoft or Apple.
Show threadClaytonJun 22, 2025
@ploum it's also a proprietary walled garden, so enjoy those things while they last 🥳
Show threadСтефанияJun 22, 2025
@ploum
> does not gather your personnal data
> phone number

it sucks just same as whatsapp imho
Show threadAndreas KJun 25, 2025
@ploum Sadly you can only reach other users that use that “Premium” version, hence many users will feel it's very un-premium.
Show threadGilouJul 28, 2025
@ploum hahaha.. You got me, I was wondering if I misread the name of the author of the toot until.. Well done!
Show threadTanguy ⧓ HerrmannNov 17, 2025

@ploum God, I forgot about this banger!

I still have WhatsApp, I'm gonna publish that on WhatsApp stories every other week.
I should take a selfie from a boat drinking champagne looking at the camera to look like a successful influencer.

Show threadGhyomNov 17, 2025

@ploum I use matrix protocol : decentralized and free software ; so do most people who want to instachatbook with me.

choose a server to create your account(s) : https://servers.joinmatrix.org
choose a client(s) to login : https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients

#endofgafam and proprietary and/or centralized softwares

Public Matrix Homeserver List

Find a public homeserver to sign up for Matrix!

Show threadzattestNov 17, 2025
@ploum Pas trouvé l'app sur F-droid. Hélas.
Show threadploumNov 17, 2025
@zattest : j’utilise @mollyim qui a un répo F-Droid : https://molly.im/
Molly

Molly is an improved Signal app for Android

Show threadzattestNov 17, 2025
@ploum @mollyim Merci.
Show threadMisterMakerNov 17, 2025
@ploum I am at team #deltachat because chat is just mail but faster.