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Hi friends,

I'm new to Lemmy but I think I like where it is heading in general. I would like to ask, do you have any specific apps used for ?

As a community that seems more focused on decentralized platforms, I thought this could spike up an interesting discussion

I have been using mainly Viber and FB messenger. I did try to convince friends and family to move over to simpleXchat, as it seems the most privacy focused alternative I have found, but basically failed.

I would love to hear your input!

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[-] jonuno@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Waiting on SimpleX to have desktop client and sync to migrate from Signal. Meanwhile Molly and all the major platforms sadly

[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

The cli fulfills everything I need, but a desktop GUI would be nice too.

[-] allforthebest@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

The most secure app I know is SimpleX. It is like Matrix but without an identifier, so you really interacting only with people you want. No one can reach you unless you gave him a link to connect to you.

Two different people cannot be ensured they are talking to the same person since there is no identifier they can compare to.

[-] heeplr@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Delta Chat is awesome encrypted/secure messaging via imap and thus compatible with anyone who has an email address.

Conversations is an excellent XMPP client.

[-] Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

XMPP (with omemeo) is the classic (and also what FB messenger uses behind the scenes, without omemo), Matrix is the new kid on the block taking over. Both are decentralized sorta like the fediverse (but separate from said fediverse.)

Used to use Signal, but they're removing SMS support so everyone might as well switch to matrix. Wickr was bought by amazon (and they say they won't ruin it, riiiight), so that's out. Idk enough about briar or session, and telegram isn't as secure as people seem to think.

[-] terulo@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

WhatsApp, because in my circle of friends and family there's no other way to use it, Matrix for groups and I have Signal installed for the future, who knows?

[-] phluko@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I use Signal kinda exclusively. Managed to migrate my friends and family away from WhatsApp a few years back (I am living in Europe).

[-] AES@lemmy.ronsmans.eu 2 points 1 year ago

It's not perfect, but it is the best alternative for the masses.

[-] iwannet@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

How did you do it ? I cant get them to migrate.

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

To be real, getting someone to change their habit is near impossible and when that happens, just send them SMS.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

The way I did it was getting rid of the apps I no longer wanted on my phone. This forced people to send text messages. If they try sending a good pic/video it would obviously fail. Their only option was usually something more difficult than just installing Signal. I don't provide Whatsapp as an alternative. I did lose some contacts, but close friends/family will obviously opt for the better messaging experience compared to default SMS.

[-] archchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Signal. I refuse to use whatsapp even though that's what most people I know use.

[-] Rain@lm.melonbread.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Elements (Matrix) as much as much as possible. I bridge a lot services through it. Though Signal would be the second most.

[-] bigbox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Signal is my go to. Some of my friends refuse to download it, so I just text them. I'll use iMessage on iOS and Google Messages on Android. But if I can use Signal, I will

[-] vegetarian_pacemaker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

unfortunately it is whatsapp.. Had everyone move to signal, but it didn't last :(

[-] CanOpener@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

For your friends and family, Signal is probably the best. It's simple to use and set up, unlike SimpleX which some might have trouble with. For people who refuse to switch, iMessage.

[-] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use SMS and Matrix. I'd love to see something like Briar become more popular, or maybe XMPP make a resurgence as it's been a great federated chat protocol for a long while.

[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I would use Briar if it had an iOS app, i dont consider any messenger that is android-only a real option for my main messenger.

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I wish more people in my life would use Signal but I've given up on converting people from WhatsApp.

I pretty much just use everything. my messaging folder has Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, SMS, etc lol.

[-] JustADirtyLurker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I tried to migrate friends and family to Signal a couple of years back. Only managed with 3 people :/.

Unfortunately here (Italy), WhatsApp is too much widespread as reach out method now. Especially for businesses, from restaurants to, say, the family doctor.

[-] Kovu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I dropped it when they decided to get rid of SMS. I don't want to be treated like I can't be trusted to be responsible for my own privacy and security. I understand the difference between an SMS and an encrypted Signal message and was fully aware of which contacts had Signal and which did not have it.

In my opinion they should have disabled SMS by default and made it an option with warnings to enable in the settings. They had already been doing borderline questionable things with crypto and the stories that I did not want in a messenger app... this was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

I'm patiently waiting for a decent fork of Signal with SMS enabled, or a decent open source RCS client... unfortunately I landed on Google Messages for now.

[-] krash@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive the reason why SMS was dropped was because of the unreliable interaction between two endpoints: If you're communicating with a contact over RCS in Google messages, and you'd send them a message over signal- they'd receive an SMS. But throttling reply would be over RCS and signal wouldn't be able to display that since there isn't an open API for signal to interact with RCS messages. So the whole reason to drop SMS support was due to inconsistencies of how messages in androids would be handled.

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Basically, Signal could have implemented RCS messaging themselves, making them the de facto iMessage replacement on Android, but they chose not to so that their devs could instead spend their time building NFTs into their platform or whatever the next shiny bauble is.

I still use Signal for lack of a credible alternative but dropping SMS support in favour of NFTs and Stories was fucking dumb. They need to focus on being the best messaging platform first, then focus on expanding into other markets and functionality.

[-] Jomn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I mainly use Signal, but sometimes have to fall back to SMS for people that aren't on Signal. I also have matrix accounts, but I never really use them since I don't have anyone among my friends and family that uses matrix.

[-] Lewistrick@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Whatsapp is the norm here so I begrudgingly use that. Wish more people were on Signal, Matrix or Telegram.

[-] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You can apparently bridge Whatsapp and Matrix. I have looked into it for a few evenings but got nothing running despite having some experience with self hosting stuff. It was a while ago though.

[-] Dazawassa@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

I'm only Discord at this point. Over time I've just wanted to stay within a select few platforms for mental health and security. I would move to Matrix but most people I know are on Discord. But I still have an account there incase anyone wants to contact me.

[-] scott@lem.free.as 1 points 1 year ago

Setup Matrix and add a bridge for Discord.

[-] timedin@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Signal,
  • Whatsapp only for groups on a free prepaid Number nobody knows, on a 2nd phone bridge to matrix.
  • Threema for 1Person ;)
  • remaining via SMS.
[-] Ungoliantsspawn@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Phone bridge!? can you elaborate please?

[-] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The messages of these WhatsApp groups are forwarded to Matrix chats and their responses are forwarded to WhatsApp which means they can use their Matrix chat client (Element or FluffyChat or whatever) for messaging their friends on WhatsApp.

[-] carzian@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

How'd you get the free prepaid number?

[-] timedin@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

We have some offers here, free Sim with 1€ credit. So only can recieve sms and calls.

[-] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Telegram almost exclusively. I love thé sheer number of features it offers and pay for Premium.

[-] jiminside@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Telegram is feature-richh for sure. In my country it does not have a large audience for some reason

[-] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz -1 points 1 year ago

Telegram almost exclusively, SMS for stubborn family, and Discord for stubborn communities that won't use something better.

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