I think now a days, Jami and Briar (peer-to-peer/distributed, meaning serverless) are really missing in that list. There’s also Tox, but current Tox has its security issues, and it’s not as audited. I’m not fond of Tor anymore, with entry and exit nodes caught doing nasty stuff, examples of people not so anonymous under Tor and so on. But that’s just my point of view. So Jami it is for me. Unfortunately it’s hard to get contacts even on Signal which UI doesn’t differ that much from whatsapp, so just imagine how hard on Jami/Briar/Tox, :(
I agree with you, Jami and Briar are great alternatives. Tox, however, I have not tried it yet. But I still haven’t been able to get my contacts to ditch WhatsApp, so…
My mom thought it was easier to do video calls, for some reason I don’t understand. It was harder for me to get synchronization working. And I found the hard way, the best is not to use username (which gets stored centrally, and makes synchronization between devices harder). Although the UI is not best in class, is good enough. One can chat with several people by joining people, but there’s a Swarm group feature I’m still waiting for. Emotions and sensations are not measurable, so I can’t really tell why my mom said what she said, :)
I think now a days, Jami and Briar (peer-to-peer/distributed, meaning serverless) are really missing in that list. There’s also Tox, but current Tox has its security issues, and it’s not as audited. I’m not fond of Tor anymore, with entry and exit nodes caught doing nasty stuff, examples of people not so anonymous under Tor and so on. But that’s just my point of view. So Jami it is for me. Unfortunately it’s hard to get contacts even on Signal which UI doesn’t differ that much from whatsapp, so just imagine how hard on Jami/Briar/Tox, :(
I agree with you, Jami and Briar are great alternatives. Tox, however, I have not tried it yet. But I still haven’t been able to get my contacts to ditch WhatsApp, so…
Well, I installed Jami on my family phones and PCs, that’s a start. Perhaps that expands forward. But never say never, :)
Nice to hear that! And what did they think of Jami?
My mom thought it was easier to do video calls, for some reason I don’t understand. It was harder for me to get synchronization working. And I found the hard way, the best is not to use username (which gets stored centrally, and makes synchronization between devices harder). Although the UI is not best in class, is good enough. One can chat with several people by joining people, but there’s a Swarm group feature I’m still waiting for. Emotions and sensations are not measurable, so I can’t really tell why my mom said what she said, :)