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Chat Control approved: Certain EU countries will see your private messages. Is yours on the list?
(euroweeklynews.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2025
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just use signal
And when they pull out of Europe because they won't comply?
Write your own E2E encrypted peer-to-peer chat app (nobody has got time for that) or use some that doesn't care about the law (pretty risky if it's not open source, I doubt they'll survive for long in the open), I guess
It is available in fdroid
I dont see fdroid blocking the app. I think signal is in the guardian project repos. Anyway a repo can just be hosted in switzerland or on tor or something. I would be more worried about govenments blocking access to the signal servers.
All this theatre in the name of protecting kids, Yet the pedo formally known as prince andrew is still walking free.
won't help when their servers block access from EU
Doubt it. Tourists are free to use signal and travel to EU.
More like EU would block Signal servers, but I doubt thst too.
They probably drink water, too.
Xmpp, IRC, Matrix, all great decentralized alternatives, but good luck convincing people in contacting you on Xmpp...
This problem is a problem because it's a social tendency, not because we don't have alternatives.. Very sadly...
This is definitely the biggest barrier. I'm not sure what the proper solution is. Probably needs government backing.
Ive convinced a decent chunk of my friends to message me on Signal by simply being unresponsive on WhatsApp lol. It's much harder to get people to use Matrix instead of Discord though...
XMPP is great but my wife hates it.
Hi Sorry can i ask what Is XMPP?
Btw as a secure messgaing app i use simplex, mabye i Will look into matrix
It’s an open, decentralized protocol used for real-time messaging, so you can find many apps using this protocol, on android there is conversations which is very light and modern, just choose a pseudo and chat, no other registration, it is a paid app on the app store but free on fdroid. I also used simplex before but it didn't work well enough, the video calls were laggy.
So XMPP is a messgaing protocol some apps use
Ty very much
What client do you suggest? I know It depends on the situation, but overall generally what would you suggest?
As I said as a client I suggest *conversations" on android to download from fdroid to get the free version.
Oki thanks
Or Molly (alternative and more secure FOSS Android app for Signal), or Session or SimpleX.
Ita not said they wont comply with eh standards