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minus-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoHonestly there needs to be an open source WhstsApp replacement.
minus-squareabbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·2 months agoThat exists. It’s called Signal.
minus-squaredrath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBut dont try to use it in Russia (or Iran, or anywhere with authoritarian government). That’s how you put a target on your head. I’d suggest matrix but it kind of sucks as well. Any other options?
minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down17·2 months agoSignal is not open source.
minus-squareabbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) Signal is an open-source, encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android You were saying?
minus-squaremalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agohttps://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s not? Someone told me it was, can you elaborate?
minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI was wrong, just remembered incorrectly.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoMy guess is that they can not truthfully elaborate on an untrue statement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) But personally I use Molly because seems more open. https://molly.im/
minus-squareNebLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAnd if you don’t want Signal because its “too centralized” for whatever reason, there’s DeltaChat, SimpleX, and good ol’ XMPP.
Honestly there needs to be an open source WhstsApp replacement.
That exists. It’s called Signal.
But dont try to use it in Russia (or Iran, or anywhere with authoritarian government). That’s how you put a target on your head.
I’d suggest matrix but it kind of sucks as well.
Any other options?
Signal is not open source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android
You were saying?
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server
It’s not? Someone told me it was, can you elaborate?
I was wrong, just remembered incorrectly.
My guess is that they can not truthfully elaborate on an untrue statement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)
But personally I use Molly because seems more open.
https://molly.im/
And if you don’t want Signal because its “too centralized” for whatever reason, there’s DeltaChat, SimpleX, and good ol’ XMPP.