Signal is to privacy what duct tape is to a broken item - it solves your issues and concerns, but you shouldn't expect it to last. Instead, consider Matrix.
Tox is well implemented, but we need something that can handle messages when a recipient is offline, and something that won’t consume a lot of energy on a mobile device. Regardless of what options we have today, we need to push for the next gen of P2P, not accept less.
I didn’t like Briar because it isn’t cross platform.
I didn’t like Jami because the configuration is confusing and the UI on Linux is not good.
Tox has issues, but I’m over Tor. It is simple…and very fast…even over Tor.
Status.im is another to take a look at. They may have solved the offline issues.
Like I’ve said, there still a lot of room for a new generation of messengers.
Status is something I’m trying to better understand. It solves the P2P problem of offline messages, but I haven’t tried the mobile version to measure battery consumption. I would assume the battery usage is better because Status doesn’t require to be constantly online.
I think there needs to be a mind set change for these types of apps. The big shift is to refer to these apps/platforms as decentralized/distributed. Decentralization/distributed includes messaging + currency + websites. Status is also built with Ethereum. So if they have the technology already built, it would seem logical a lot of these apps/platforms are going to include similar crypto/blockchain features. And if you don’t like the dapps and wallet, you can disable the features in the app. So far I haven’t seen a downside.
with what? tox?
Tox is well implemented, but we need something that can handle messages when a recipient is offline, and something that won’t consume a lot of energy on a mobile device. Regardless of what options we have today, we need to push for the next gen of P2P, not accept less.
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I didn’t like Briar because it isn’t cross platform. I didn’t like Jami because the configuration is confusing and the UI on Linux is not good. Tox has issues, but I’m over Tor. It is simple…and very fast…even over Tor. Status.im is another to take a look at. They may have solved the offline issues. Like I’ve said, there still a lot of room for a new generation of messengers.
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Status is something I’m trying to better understand. It solves the P2P problem of offline messages, but I haven’t tried the mobile version to measure battery consumption. I would assume the battery usage is better because Status doesn’t require to be constantly online.
I think there needs to be a mind set change for these types of apps. The big shift is to refer to these apps/platforms as decentralized/distributed. Decentralization/distributed includes messaging + currency + websites. Status is also built with Ethereum. So if they have the technology already built, it would seem logical a lot of these apps/platforms are going to include similar crypto/blockchain features. And if you don’t like the dapps and wallet, you can disable the features in the app. So far I haven’t seen a downside.