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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Did anyone tell the WhatsApp users?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (3 children)

@[email protected] currently I try to get my Employer to the fediverse. He would use TikTok to promote the profession with the help of trainees

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

there's also session

https://getsession.org/

unfortunately privacy and usability are inversely related. session is private. I loved it. but I had no one to chat with 😃

I had no idea if any of my contacts were on session or not.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Doesn't delta use email under the hood, an insecure protocol?

You're better off using something like Matrix, XMPP, SimpleX or Signal.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The protocol doesn’t really matter when you send encrypted messages over it like Delta Chat. Signal is not private nor decentralized and SimpleX doesn’t have encrypted group chats last time I tried

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The protocol doesn’t really matter when you send encrypted messages over it like Delta Chat

Maybe. My comment was based off of what i understood from the website

Signal is not private

Could you elaborate on this? haven't heard of this point (is it due to the jurisdiction on a 5 eyes country?)

SimpleX doesn’t have encrypted group chats last time I tried

It actually does now. It's a very solid choice i'd say :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

You need a phone number to sign up which requires identification in most countries.

Also anyone who knows your username can ping where you are at any time: https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You are confusing privacy with anonymity. You aren't anonymous because your user is linked to a phone number, but your communications are private due to how their encryption works.

On the location attack: it is a matter of configuration and your location will be as ambiguous as thousands of miles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Interesting, thanks. I think SimpleX fixes a lot of signal's issues, but the only problem i have that it is funded by VC and quite new.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They are open source and decentralized and indeed there are already a few forks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yup that's why it seems great :) though i haven't heard of forks. I think i'll wait a little more till i switch to it, just to see if it gets itself in hot water. It's too early to tell

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah so they are just capturing users currently and will have to make return on investment later? That’s a no from me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah it's a shame, though i'm going to wait before switching to it to see if it gets itself into any hot water.

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