AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-text
I’m thinking of the things listed on the Privacy Guides real-time communication section https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoLet’s not forget that for those looking for alternatives, a key feature of signal is/was its SMS integration. I use silence, a fork of signal. upside: it can still send and receive SMS messages! downside: nobody else uses it, so it only does SMS as a result.
minus-squaregibson@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoFor those who don’t remember, not only could signal be used for SMS, it used to be able to do encrypted sms convos.
minus-squaretcit@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoAlso it sadly hasn’t been maintained for years
Let’s not forget that for those looking for alternatives, a key feature of signal is/was its SMS integration.
I use silence, a fork of signal.
For those who don’t remember, not only could signal be used for SMS, it used to be able to do encrypted sms convos.
Also it sadly hasn’t been maintained for years