What makes a good messenger for you?

    • BigPapaE
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      1 year ago

      Wouldn’t a delayed message be mail lol

  • ReakDuck
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    1 year ago

    When its private and end-to-end encrypted at all costs.

    Something like Whatsapp will never be or telegram is not by default.

    Signal and Matrix are good.

    • Gollum@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Fun fact WhatsApp uses the same protocol for its message encryption as Signal, but not for its Metadata.

      • utopia_dig
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        1 year ago

        Meta/Facebook claim they use the Signal protocol. But no one can verify that since WhatsApp is not open source…

        So just use Signal 😇.

  • hejsan@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Am instant message is good when it’s signed properly by the user.

    Sincerely, Raymond Holt

  • RayJW@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    That is protects my privacy and works well which is why I use Signal exclusively!

    • Soullioness@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I’m trying to figure that out actually. I think ideally end to end encryption is important. No mega corporations like Meta. Being able to send pictures, videos, and pdfs. Being able to have calls both voice or video. I’m not sure any messenger has all of these things, but I’m on the hunt!

  • privsecfoss@feddit.dk
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    1 year ago

    XMPP / Jabber. Because: Open Source, organization behind it, old and battle tested, possible to selfhost, lots of clients on all platforms, end-to-end encryption.

  • FUsername@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Well, that might be delusional in regards to all that security and independence wishes here, but: being able to message people I want to message.

  • Telodzrum
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    1 year ago

    FOSS, E2E encryption bases on an open and well-known standard, and either fully distributed or self-hostable.