Keeping your chats secure is a good idea, but end-to-end encryption is just the beginning of the list of options to consider when picking a messaging app.
No, but it’s easy enough to be both. There’s a pile of IM packages out there that manage it.
Metadata is valuable info, look at what a pen register nets law enforcement and why it’s the first step in an investigation. The idea that a messaging app that’s supposed to be used for political action but the chain of association is visible and verified is absolutely suspect.
You say “easy enough” but there are some serious tradeoffs when removing phone numbers from the equation. My mom can use Signal without my help but she wouldn’t be able to use SimpleX.
Signal is a fantastic middle ground messaging app that is secure enough for me to use and easy enough for my mom to use.
I also have SimpleX but I have exactly 1 contact there…
No, but it’s easy enough to be both. There’s a pile of IM packages out there that manage it.
Metadata is valuable info, look at what a pen register nets law enforcement and why it’s the first step in an investigation. The idea that a messaging app that’s supposed to be used for political action but the chain of association is visible and verified is absolutely suspect.
You say “easy enough” but there are some serious tradeoffs when removing phone numbers from the equation. My mom can use Signal without my help but she wouldn’t be able to use SimpleX.
Signal is a fantastic middle ground messaging app that is secure enough for me to use and easy enough for my mom to use.
I also have SimpleX but I have exactly 1 contact there…