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I will use the opportunity to remind that Signal is operated by a non-profit in the jurisdiction called "the US". This could have implications.
A somewhat more anarchist option might be TOX. There is no single client, TOX is a protocol, you can choose from half a dozen clients. I personally use qTox.
Upside: no phone number required. No questions asked.
Downside: no servers to store and forward messages. You can talk if both parties are online.
Well yeah we could also use Briar or whatever... but would your grandma?
Hell yeah. Tox continues to rock. If anyone wants to chat, HMU, here's my key:
fdd7005639c618263ab2eedab974f7576c7c0ded6217eed9e9dc0344c622e72aeef7055f8b4d
Not sure if you're actually sincere or are sarcastically making fun of Tox's onboarding. That's a long key.