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[–] Trihilis@ani.social 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (17 children)

The thing is... What alternatives are there? Signal can't be trusted (on the very same website there is an article about it). I'm not using closed source alternatives, Simplex is kinda shady too tbh and I'm not even sure I could get anyone to use it.

I don't like Matrix/Element either but sadly its the best open source chat solution we have.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why don't people trust Signal?

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its a 18 months old but OP means this on the same site. https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/if-you-must-use-signal-use-molly/

The blogger also stopped using proton mail. So idk. Seems to be their thing atm.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

I started reading the article but didn’t finish. This guy is a fool. He’s bitching about vendor lock in? The data isn’t supposed to be portable. That’s the point.

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