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Chat Apps (kbin.run)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

That leaves you with element, signal and telegram?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Telegram's backend is proprietary software and they (very similarly to Discord for example) can just decide to read your chats whenever they want. It's even worse then WhatsApp in this sense (at least as long as you trust Facebook that they actually encrypt your chats, again, there is no way to know if it's proprietary software).

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Telegram and signal are both central points of failure. Signal can be used with other servers, but the server address is hard coded in the app, so you have to deploy your own app. Matrix servers can keep a channel going even if the channel's home server goes down. The more home servers there are, the more mirrors of public channels there will be.

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