@prime Out of curiosity are there things that you did under Windows that you now do on an Android/iOS smartphone? Such as IM?
I am going to ditch my WhatsApp account soon and in preparation have switched family members over to Wire.
Wire, while it does have smartphone apps it also offers desktop clients and a website version that offer full functionality (including video chat) under Linux.
Whereas most other messaging apps, secure or otherwise require you to have a smartphone.
@prime 1/2 You have to first install Signal on an Android phone or an iPhone.
Then you can install the linux client on your PC and you have to link it to Signal on your smartphone.
(A Wire account can be created and used with just a web browser and an email address. No phone needed.)
"To use the Signal desktop app, Signal must first be installed on your phone.
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@prime 2/2 If you delete Signal from your smartphone then the Linux client will stop working.
"Deleting Signal from your phone will cause your Linux client to stop working because the Linux client depends on the primary phone device being active and connected to the Signal service. Without the phone, the linked Linux client cannot function properly."
Wire does not have this dependency.
@ehtron @prime I expect to be alive and needing to communicate with other people for longer than three months.*
Most other secure IM systems have such a dependency. You have to have a phone with the app installed.
The only ones I know of that do not have such dependencies are Session and Wire.
*Although the way that the Orange Skinned Friend of Epstein is carrying on it is not a given that any of us will be here in three months time.
@ehtron @prime Aber ich habe keine Android Handy das ik kan gebrauchen.
Es ist zu alt, ohne Sicherheitsupdates seit drei Jahr.
Ich wil keine neues Handy kaufen. Ich wil keine Google und keine Apple mehr gebrauchen.
Wire IM (Die Schweiz/Deutschland) und Session gibts es möglichkeiten um zu chatten ohne Handy.
Brian
Eggs now in different baskets.
ehtron 
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