Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

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• Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Anyone using Session? I finally got most of my friends and family on Signal so I’m not gonna switch but I just heard about it, seems pretty good.

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  • MITM0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Basically Signal but without the weakness of a phone number & runs on a Tor-like network. It’s still a work-in-progress thing but you CAN use it to send messages

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  • Der_Fossyler@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Have a look here: www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html

    I like the comparison and prefer simplex as an replacement to Signal in the Future. Self hosted Matrix Servers are a good idea aswell if you have the money and knowledge.

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    • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Xmpp is far lighter on resources and not ran by a company with funding issues.

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  • kokomo@lemmy.kokomo.cloud ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The only thing I don’t like about Session is, it runs on a underlying crypto token, incentivizing the network to keep on going. getsession.org/…/migrating-from-the-oxen-network-… imo

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• diealex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No. XMPP would be the best choice.

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  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Tell me you don’t know anything about security without telling me you don’t know anything about security.

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    • ewenak@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Could you explain a bit? I see main issue with Signal (though I’m not an expert, and they’re not strictly related to security): it’s centralized (and the server isn’t even open-source).

      The question is also a lot about your threat model right?

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    • diealex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I guess that sucks because I make a living working in cyber security. What do I know, amirite? 🤷

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• Netrunner@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  For now anyways lol

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  • DesolateMood@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What does this mean

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• Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  i dont use whatsapp that much anyways

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• romantired@shibanu.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  telegram much better

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  • original_reader@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I features, yes. By 10 miles.

    Privacy? It isn’t driving anymore at this point.

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    • romantired@shibanu.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      any proofs?

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Wasn’t WhatsApp essentially built from Signal’s base protocol anyway? Why use the meta clone when the original is right there?

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  • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No. WhatsApp came first, but later adopted Signal’s key exchange and encryption. One of WhatsApp’s founders is now chairman of the Signal Foundation and a major financial backer of the project.

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    • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thanks!

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