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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by JustMarkov@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I've been inspecting this topic quite a lot and I'm a little confused now. So, we have reasons not to use Signal, reasons not to use Matrix, there were also some claims about Session being a fraught. Briar is mostly activists related (not very suitable for daily use), XMPP lacks good clients and suffers from fragmentation of protocol standards implementation, SimpleX is too feature-incomplete (no UnifiedPush support, big battery drain on Android, very decent desktop client without any message sync). I can't say a lot about Threema or Wire, as I'm not very familiar with them.

So, my question is โ€” is there any good private messenger at all? What do you think is the most acceptable option?

EDIT: In addition to my post:

All messengers have their flaws, I'm well aware of that. I was interested in hearing users' opinions regarding these shortcomings, not in finding the perfect messenger. I may have worded my thoughts incorrectly, sorry for that.

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[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 110 points 2 weeks ago

That article in Signal is bogus. It is entirely based on speculation from how funding comes in, and also either ignores, or misunderstands how Signal fundamentally works.

The EFF recommends Signal, and it's one of the most secure ways to communicate.

https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal

You can make your own decisions, but if you just grab any random arguments, you'll find a reason to doubt everything.

[-] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

You can make your own decisions, but if you just grab any random arguments, you'll find a reason to doubt everything.

Agreed. Especially if your source is Dessalines. ๐Ÿ™„

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

The US-state-department funding is important sure, but you also ignored every other point in that article.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Do you make the same criticism of TOR?

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

That rabbit hole goes very deep, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to speak on it. It could very well be a crypto AG style honey-pot, or already cracked tech, that we might not know about for years to come.

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