▲ 40 ▼ Any good Telegram alternative? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Signal needs a phone number permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) "Don't you guys have phones?" Also, I htought 99% of tablets connect to the mobile network using a SIMcard, but even if you rely only on wifi, see my previous quote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 point 2 years ago Nope permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) which does not need to be in the tablet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] heftig@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number. In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM. Manually installing the APK worked for this case, but that didn't really solve our problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number. do you mean that it does not have a prompt for the SMS code anymore, and it reads the code only from the received SMS? In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM that's a weird choice, I thought a main goal of them was user freedom permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) "Don't you guys have phones?" Also, I htought 99% of tablets connect to the mobile network using a SIMcard, but even if you rely only on wifi, see my previous quote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 point 2 years ago Nope permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) which does not need to be in the tablet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] heftig@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number. In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM. Manually installing the APK worked for this case, but that didn't really solve our problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number. do you mean that it does not have a prompt for the SMS code anymore, and it reads the code only from the received SMS? In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM that's a weird choice, I thought a main goal of them was user freedom permalink fedilink source parent
[–] heftig@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number. In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM. Manually installing the APK worked for this case, but that didn't really solve our problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number. do you mean that it does not have a prompt for the SMS code anymore, and it reads the code only from the received SMS? In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM that's a weird choice, I thought a main goal of them was user freedom permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number. do you mean that it does not have a prompt for the SMS code anymore, and it reads the code only from the received SMS? In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM that's a weird choice, I thought a main goal of them was user freedom permalink fedilink source parent