Olvid, an instant messaging application made in France, is more secure than WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and others. Unlike competing apps, Olvid doesn't claim
I have never heard of it before, and with 10k downloads it seems extremely small. Matrix has way more than that and is fully open source and federated, so I would just use that.
Yeah, I fundamentally distrust any security software that’s not open source because there is no way to verify that the software is doing what it says it’s doing. Privacy and security cannot be based on trust.
I tried that once but didnt the design of the Android app at all, very different from other apps. Since then I didnt try it again, because I have better things to do than trying out messengers all day long 😃
I have never heard of it before, and with 10k downloads it seems extremely small. Matrix has way more than that and is fully open source and federated, so I would just use that.
Yeah, I fundamentally distrust any security software that’s not open source because there is no way to verify that the software is doing what it says it’s doing. Privacy and security cannot be based on trust.
Okay that makes sense. But then what about wire?
That ticks all the boxes - open source, doesn’t require phone number, is based in Switzerland, etc.
It also has a killer feature nothing else has - sketch. You don’t realise how addictive it is until you try it.
I tried that once but didnt the design of the Android app at all, very different from other apps. Since then I didnt try it again, because I have better things to do than trying out messengers all day long 😃