Is there no open source or European alternative?
Just keep relying on some Californian dude that insist i give him my and my friends phone numbers?
And harass me so i give him more info to “personalize my profile” !?
Just keep relying on some Californian dude that insist i give him my and my friends phone numbers?
And harass me so i give him more info to “personalize my profile” !?
Looking at the other comments, the European alternatives don’t look very secure, so it looks like they prioritized security here.
In what way are Wire and Matrix not very secure, though?
A half-broken service would be better than one under US control as the US is the one doing the most snooping on EU. Getting everyone to switch if Signal ever stops being secure would be way harder than to pick a better service now and help secure it.
Matrix would be a better choice for one. Saying EU services isn't secure is hyperbole.
- There is a fixed pop under at the bottom of the screen asking me to confirm my profile name, with “Get Started” or “remind me later” (which is apparently every time i come back to the app), and no “never“ option. I had already put a first name but that’s not good enough. Had to do it again to confirm i don’t want to share a last name with him / them.
- why does he care about the distinction between a “first name” (mandatory) and “Last Name” (optional)
-> Only the user should care about the name.
=> Why should the app / he / them get access to my contacts list to update a contact name? I’m perfectly willing to have duplicate contacts siloed in a “secure messaging app”.
Also, could someone explain why the app need phone numbers ? They only send some initial token over SMS, which can be spoofed.
session (very bleeding-edge p2p signal fork) https://github.com/Loki-project / https://getsession.org/