what do you guys use as messengers? i tried out simplex chat recently and i liked the fact that it doesnt require phone number to register and you can create fake names in the groups youre in to prevent getting tracked by cross referencing your username in different groups. despite all this it was pretty buggy at least in my Kali Linux VM and my friend who was using it on Windows said it was laggy for him too. I'm looking into hosting my own XMPP server
I use whatsapp to communicate with my mother and that's it
I just use xmpp via Conversations on my phone. Signed up with xmpp.jp, very easy all around.
WhatsApp... Just to keep in contact with family, I don't use messengers otherwise!
>>144728which xmpp client do you use?
I tried simplex once and it seemed fine, though I didn't use it for long. But I use matrix because that's what the people I talk to use.
>>144794What platform did you try SimpleX on? Also did you join big groups or only talk to a few people? I've heard one of SimpleX's biggest problems is handling groups with large user sizes (which I joined a ton of) so I think that might be part of the reason why it was working so badly for me. Also what Matrix client do you use? Back when I used to use Matrix (I remember back in the day the big debate was to use Matrix vs XMPP) I used the Element client for mobile devices and Mirage (its dead now but theres a fork here https://mx-moment.xyz/) for my Linux desktop
>>144736I see a lot of people using whatsapp for family. Just why? Why whatsapp in particular? It's a really terrible messenger.
>>144799it's what my family uses and they refuse to switch to anything else
>>144799its hard to escape whatsapp when you live in a country where everyone uses it
xmpp ftw
Do you guys know about Session? It's a signal fork that has its own network of nodes (run on a blockchain) and user IDs are shared via long hexadecimal codes.
I don't have friends to message (´・ω・｀)
>>144805I've read from a few different sources that the encryption has a serious flaw. I don't know enough about technology to elaborate sadly. I was going to copypaste one of the sources but it's down...
>>144798Android, and yeah I only talked to one person.
>>144805the only people I've ever seen mention session were actual feds trying to bait people into sharing CP (・∀・)never saw anyone talk about using it for anything legitimate until now ┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌
>>144805everything i read about session is people shitting on it. i dont really understand it enough myself so i will just link what ive seen onlinehttps://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/
>>144824pt. 2
>>144824>>144826I've also heard that the guy who owns Session vehemently hates pedophiles, so he maybe sabotaged the encryption intentionally to get people v&. And yea only retarded Pawooners and feds use Session.
what about matrix?
>>144837Security wise, I've never heard any complaints about it. And all the most obvious fedposters seem to never use it and instead use Session. It can be kinda slow and fucky though, especially if you join large group chats. But all the encrypted messengers seem to be like that.
>>144838lol fag
>>144799it is what ordinary non-technical people installedthat's it reallyno one I know in my family really chose it deliberately, it just ended up being the easiest option