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FBI warns users to encrypt text messages for cybersecurity. Here's how to do it (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 5 days ago by weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] darkstar@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How, in 2024, are people still using TEXTs??

There are so many apps for encrypted messaging, even fricken WhatsApp.

How do people still use text messages

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

It's an American thing.

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[–] Maverick604@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Session is very good and doesn’t require a phone number (like Signal).

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee -2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don’t believe Signal requires a phone number anymore

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't want WhatsApp & I avoid the 'stores, so it's F-Droid options for me...

Any opinions on Jami?

I'm also seeing XMPP mentioned in the comments, so I might look at that a bit more...

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Saving you the bother, Signal is good, but requires phone number and the desktop client sucks, while the generally recommended federated FOSS things are all over-engineered and morally obsolete. One can't rework XMPP into a modern standard, and it's complex. Actually Signal's authors have published a couple of articles explaining their choices in making it.

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[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

I found SimpleX Chat to be a fairly decent alternative without phone numbers.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Signal or WIRE.

When the article about end to end user encryption messaging platforms mentions neither I have to question why it’s even an article.

Signal or WIRE.

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