writtenone

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by writtenone 19d ago
Fwiw, the FBI use Signal regularly, and it's approved for some specific use cases . Don't ask how I know ;) There are ways to ascertain how and when a person is using their device by analyzing Signal's metadata, then build a
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by writtenone 22d ago
Look into SimpleX Chat. It's like Telegram but with trustworthy encryption that's always-on, multiple profiles, and the servers are interchangeable so if one or two go down you can just switch them out. Evgeny is a venture capital
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by writtenone 22d ago
Having used Matrix for almost a decade, it's hot garbage. Sync is barely working, "unable to decrypt" still exists, the encryption is flawed [0] and the whole thing is effectively just Element and everyone else follows their
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by writtenone 22d ago
Now if only it would come with Linux instead of MacOS! Apple's software holds the hardware back, and it's ugly (especially liquid glass!)
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by writtenone 23d ago
Thanks! Any good Android clients? "Conversations" seems to be the best and it's nowhere near the polish of Signal & Co. crashes often, UX is clunky, family will never stick with it.
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by writtenone 23d ago
Are there any XMPP clients with the UX and privacy of Signal? All of them seem to look like they're from the 00s!
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by writtenone 1mo ago
exe.dev is NOT open source. Funny
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by writtenone 2mo ago
I feel like if you can ignore the bitcoin-bros, Nostr is a better, more lightweight design that doesn't suffer from centralized (localized) shutdowns.
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by writtenone 2mo ago
From 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day