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What open-source software would you like more people to know about? (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (5 children)

A more private and secure messenger than WhatsApp, signal and telegram, like simplex

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You could check out Wire, Session, and Threema etc.

Signal and Simplex are also pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/HEAD/docs/real-time-communication.md or https://www.privacytools.io/privacy-messaging might have information useful to you, or if they don't but you find better solutions for your needs please let me know!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Defintely agree here. Glad that Signal finally allowed users to stop connecting their phone numbers to their accounts but man, I wish there was something else.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Along similar lines, I'd say Snikket. I feel XMPP often has quite a bad reputation based on the user experience from 10 years ago, but it's come such a long way and projects like Snikket make it very easy to get started.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Telegram isn't encrypted by default btw! If you want that, I'd recommend Matrix, Signal or WhatsApp (in that order imo)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

That... Was what you asked for. Things you hadn't heard of. Now you're in the lucky 10,000.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Telegram just claims to be private, but they can't prove it with technical means, instead they rely on the narrative that they are not data brokers. All the while they have strong connection with suspicious parties like the UAE, and from time to time publish weird announcements like the tucker carlson interview that is also said to have contained a far right dogwhistle