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We have a group in Signal dedicated to privacy, FOSS, deGoogling, etc. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to join. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by monk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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https://signal.group/#CjQKIHz1nRRy26gCZcromKG8XxWYHI4RG0yU1O5tcUXYD01hEhC3qBYTGxw4WDhXshwQc8TA

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Do it on Wire and I'm in. No way I'm giving you my phone number.

This is a privacy community ffs

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 hours ago

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 7 hours ago

Lol not in Signal

[-] 5dh@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Why not?

[-] monk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You won't see previous messages, but that doesn't mean the group is dead lol

[-] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago

SimpleX maybe 😁

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago

Not usable until they support unifiedpush. I won't burn my battery with simplex.

[-] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 hours ago

Actually it's not burning my battery so much, but I can understand

[-] shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago

Yeah not doing Signal with randos.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 hours ago

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 8 points 6 hours ago

That is indeed a massive improvement, but until they allow multiple profiles per number - that would still mean either using the same account with internet randos as I do with IRL friends, or renting a whole other number and risking losing the account once the ownership of the number expires.

[+] Deckweiss@lemmy.world -37 points 20 hours ago

Make a Threema group then I'll join lol

[-] monk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 20 hours ago

Isn't this a paid app?

[+] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml -16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

if it's free, you're the product.

signal seems really good right now, with open source clients, but they already show that they'd like to keep the ecosystem locked down by not allowing 3rd party clients. at some point they will need a way to pay for their datacenters, and even if they claim the foundation or whatever is doing well, i can see the pestering for donations getting much worse in the future.

that said, threema is far from optimal too, im still waiting for matrix servers to become solid options. last time i wanted to set up synapse, the only captcha they supported was fucking Google captcha :|

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 9 points 6 hours ago

if it's free, you're the product.

FOSS software existing proves this is not always true.

[-] unskilled5117@feddit.org 19 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Your arguments don’t really make sense in the context of you asking for Threema instead, even if you acknowledge that it isn’t optimal.

[Signal] already showed that they'd like to keep the ecosystem locked down by not allowing 3rd party clients

Neither does Threema, it is a closed eco system? And in fact there is Molly, a hardened Signal fork for Android

At some point they will need a way to pay for their datacenters, […] i can see the pestering for donations getting much worse in the future.

Threema is a paid app though. So you consider an app asking for donations worse than a paid one? I agree though that their financials aren’t the best, since they seem to be living off a loan, but thats even more an argument to donate.

[-] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 23 points 17 hours ago

it's generally true, but Signal is asking for and depends on donations because they have no other revenue source (unlike google which does not ask for donations because indeed they monatize you, the "product").

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2024

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