signal is centralized, requires your phone number, hosted in the US, has very limited interface and features, and run by a steve jobs type personality. thanks, but no thanks.
gmate8@lemmy.ml 3 years ago
Signal is the way to go, Matrix is like Odysee
sibachian@lemmy.ml 3 years ago
xarvos@lemmy.ml 3 years ago
Signal is more Odysee-like if anything, not federated and having crypto bs builtin.
coconuteclair@lemmy.ml 3 years ago
Signal has done their fair share of shady things like not releasing the source code for a year to implement some cryptocurrency and the closed-source anti-spam program running on their servers, but that can be mitigated anyhow since Signal works without trusting the server. It's far better than other alternatives, anyways.
charlie_root@lemmy.ml 3 years ago
And what do you with the operating system running beneath?
coconuteclair@lemmy.ml 3 years ago
This is a tricky question that can't be answered on computers either even if you run Linux since the package manager can be compromised etc. In case of phones, best bet would be GrapheneOS with verified boot so there isn't a chance it'd get infected.