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Best apps for private messaging (www.privacyguides.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Maragato@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Hello. I am looking for an alternative to Telegram and I prefer an application that uses decentralised servers. My question is: why is the xmpp+omemo protocol not recommended on websites when it is open source and decentralised? The privacyguides.org website does not list xmpp+omemo as a recommended messaging service. Nor does this website include it in its comparison of private messaging services.

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/assets/img/cover/real-time-communication.webp

Why do you think xmpp and its messaging clients such as Conversations, Movim, Gajim, etc. do not appear in these guides?

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[-] Labna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tox, where is TOX ? Why it's not mentioned in the article ? It's te most private messaging app, no other app can be more secure.

[-] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Didnt tox development stop a while ago?

[-] Labna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's a very slow development but still active https://github.com/TokTok/qTox

[-] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

A thats cool. I used it for a while as a skype(hah!) alternative, but call quality is very low and it has no noise cancelling. Chat works though.

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