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Is there any actual easy to use foss chat app my friends and SO could use ? Everyone uses fb messenger because its so easy. I cant find anything easy enough to make people switch to, that won't have issues and send them running back to zucc

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[–] blurb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I would also use Signal instead, but Session's situation is not that bad unless one needs to accommodate the CIA or Mossad as part of their threat model, in which case I think SimpleX would be a better option. This is also in the article you posted:

Edit: I didn't notice that the original commenter had said they "switched from Signal" at first, which is definitely worse.

[–] crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why would simplex be better in that case?

[–] blurb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The lack of PFS and 256bit encryption in Session is a little concerning, and one other advantage of SimpleX is that it has no unique identifiers at all while Session uses random IDs and Signal requires a phone number.

[–] crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I thought signal doesn't require a phone number anymore ?

[–] blurb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

It still does, but they did add a username system so you don't need someone's phone number to contact them.