People want a chat app. If your secure chat app sucks as a chat app, it doesn’t matter how secure it is. It failed the primary use case it was meant to be developed for.
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toastboy79@kbin.earth 3 months agofriendly reminder
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/signal-vs-telegram
If you care about security, stop using telegram.
Carighan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
rdri@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Signal is not an alternative to telegram and vice versa. Telegram has too many public communication features that people often use. The nature of signal will prevent it from having similar features.
0x30507DE@lemmy.today 3 months ago
Personally, I’m a big fan of XMPP, due to the inherent resiliency in being decentralized/federated, and due to the security. Don’t have to worry about third-parties messing with my data if it stays on my server that’s in my house.