Good summary of several red-flags in regards to using the Signal messenger.

Also interesting is this one.

Use a locally hosted XMPP with the Conversations client :)

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    XMPP does support audio and voice calls. All 3 of Conversations/Quicksy/Blabber.im do that. Furthermore, you can signup with your phone number exactly as in whatsapp/signal if you use Quicksy.

    I recommend you try one of them out to see the current state of XMPP today before judging it :)

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      I think I am blind. I am using XMPP for some nice channels. But I never saw integrated voice and video though. I love XMPP but I wouldn’t say it’s as easy as Signal.

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        There are no voice channels as in Discord, but you can do voice and video calls with Conversations, Movim, Siskin and JSXC (with slight issues) all interoperable these days.

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            The contact you want to call has to have a compatible client as well otherwise it does not show AFAIK. And your server might not be configured for STUN autodiscovery.