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Do you prefer Threema, Signal or Matrix? Why? (gregtech.eu)

submitted 1 week ago by lena@gregtech.eu to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So, I have a Threema license, but from what I've seen its encryption isn't post-quantum. Signal's encryption seems the strongest. I host my own matrix server.

Also, I kind of don't care where the servers are or which provider it is. Everything is encrypted anyway.

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[–] Emberleaf@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Of the three, Signal is the most secure. Now in about 2.5 seconds, someone is going to start screaming about the phone number requirement. This is used so that you can go from desktop to mobile with the same profile. You can set Signal to hide your phone number from everyone else but you. It's a non-issue.

There is a reason why Elon Musk doesn't let people post about Signal on his Nazi social network. Because it works.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's an issue.

You can't create an account on desktop. You can't create multiple accounts. You can't create an account at all if you don't have a phone number. You can't create an account if your phone number's previous owner created an account. Signal can be subpoenaed for your phone number.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it possible to use a number different to the one on the device you use? Seems like a simple workaround to use a throwaway SIM to set up, and then use it with that number moving forwards.

[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago

That sounds like an awful lot of work to workaround a problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place.

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