Any good Telegram alternative? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I tried SimpleX but the VPN kill switch on my phone prevents syncing with my computer.

I use telegram primarily as a note taking app with sync features.

Occasionally I send files to friends, so having easy set up for tech illiterate would be great.

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[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

Well signal also has the note to self.

People will hate this, but WhatsApp is probably the second best and convenient to most people. (But if your friends are willing to get signal, do it.) In fact it was always better than telegram, there I said it.

Also there's many great note taking apps that have a sync feature. Joplin for one.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Out of the fire and into the pot

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

joplin and all the others who want to run yet another web browser in parralel on your resource constrained phone.

I know, my fault that my phone does not have at least 16 GB of RAM..

about whatsapp: used it for years. it's not any better. the only part in which it could be is encryption, but only if

you trust how that black box handles encryption, and your messages before and after it
you trust that it'll not datamine the shit out of whatever it has access to on your phone
you are fine with the yearly remote code execution vulnerabilities it has through calls and such you didnt even notice, let alone accept

this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024

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