Can someone give me a quick recommendation for an encrypted #chatApp that is suitable for legal discussion and allows group chats? Voice chats a plus but not strictly necessary. Ideally runs on #Linux #Android and #Windows with #iOS an added bonus.
I know about #Signal and if that's good enough just tell me. Otherwise any info is appreciated.
I don't know enough about these things for my paranoia to calm down. And I just realized I don't know what hashtags to use to get the help o need.
Signal would be just fine.
@jbjrkng @cocaine_owlbear Based on OP's description, Signal is indeed the right answer.
The one case where Signal might now be sufficient is if you need to support users connecting without having a phone (the computer application needs to pair with the phone). But, if you are in that situation you'd know it.
Not really cross-platform. It does not run on Linux, if the user does not also happen to have Android or iOS.
There seems to be an unofficial workaround using "signal_cli", but I didn't try it yet.
Did you read my complete post "...if the user does not also happen to have Android or iOS". Maybe that changed, but when I tried to use their desktop client some years ago, it asked me to do sth. with my Android/iOS Signal app. Which failed, because I don't have Android/iOS. Did they drop that strange requirement?
UPDATE: Apparently not yet 😞 https://functional.cafe/@loke/116805840728621620
@[email protected] @[email protected] Based on OP's description, Signal is indeed the right answer. The one case where Signal might now be sufficient is if you need to support users connecting without having a phone (the computer application needs to pair with the phone). But, if you are in that situation you'd know it.
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify...
@cocaine_owlbear i am a matrix shill matrix is the best one. signal forces you to register an android/iphone app and give them your phone number, and it isn't decentralized. https://joinmatrix.org/ has a list of servers + tutorial.
It's fully encrypted by default, you just have to make a recovery key to retrieve message history, there are private group chats and one-to-one encrypted voice+video calls, and it's a federated system like mastodon so you can choose whatever server.
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