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Signal Contingency Plan (spoiler: it's Delta Chat) (signal-contingency-plan.info)

submitted 1 day ago by glitching@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Do you use Signal for chatting securely with friends and loved ones? Us too! We endorse it wholeheartedly, and rely on it for nearly all our communication.

But the vibes are deteriorating here in the US, and we should have a communications contingency plan for if Signal goes down.

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[–] enterpries@sh.itjust.works -5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Does Signal host its user's data?

Not sure why privacy-conscious people would be recommending it over something like Matrix. Unless they're paid off or stupid.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

it does not. and the reason is, matrix clients and servers are fucking unstable, and spam is still an unsolved thing.

[–] enterpries@sh.itjust.works 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I've never experienced either of these issues.

[–] pucker4676@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 hours ago

I like matrix as well.