"Centralised messenger Signal has just announced that they are making part of their server software closed source. They claim it is to fight spam, but by using closed source they make it impossible for outsiders to verify the truth. This is worrying.
We really, really need a fully open, decentralised alternative to Signal.
There are several alternatives being developed, please support them:
➡️ @matrix
➡️ @delta
➡️ @briar
➡️ @Jami "
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https://fsf.org.in/article/better-than-whatsapp/
TLDR: The infographic from this article.
Probably needs to be updated now.
I disagree. Signal is still free-software, albeit for the spam-fighting parts that are not mandatory, and rarely needed for small deployments anyway.
signal is just glorified telegram at this point
There are criticisms of Signal, but this ain’t it, chief.
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lmao telegram can’t even do encrypted group chats and doesn’t have e2ee by default…
With E2EE