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hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 weeks agoYes, this. And with WhatsApp or an dedicated app they're either directly on your phone. Or have your (personal) phone number. Which isn't great. With eMail you can just have another spam address, which more complicated with phone numbers and most people don't have a second one dedicated to spam and advertisements...
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
Encrypted messaging is unrelated to phone numbers. That’s an issue of using apps like WhatsApp (which I refuse to use), and a beef I have with Signal (part of why I really don’t trust them).
Apps have no need of your telephone number, not that it isn’t hard to find anyway.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 weeks ago
Of course. These all are different issues. Encrypted messaging has nothing to do with handing out my phone number to everyone.
I can't remember why I skipped SimpleX. I tried it some time ago, maybe it sucked too much battery on my old phone... Should I have another look at it? Respectively, is it any good for someone like me who already uses a Matrix messenger?