I certainly haven’t done an in-depth analysis of both services, but from what can be seen of them, they could be good recommendations to consider as instant messaging services. (Websites: Wire and Threema ) Also, I’ll take the opportunity to ask the PrivacyGuides team about this source I found for …

Personally, I find the phone number requirement to be a huge turnoff. I don’t plan to keep my phone number indefinitely. That means that I will lose my Signal account. If Signal did not require a phone number to be associated with an account in any way, that would be great. On the “paid app” thing,…

Briar and Session are currently listed and do not have a cost associated while also not requiring a phone number. I’ve never used Threema so curious what it offers over the existing options. It’s interesting to want to avoid Signal due to needing a phone number (though maybe not for much longer), b…

It’s not true that you must purchase Threema with a payment method that identifies you as a purchaser: Pay Threema’s Android App with Cash and Remain Anonymous – Threema If you use a burner for your Signal account, you risk it being hijacked by whoever gets that number next or simply losing access …

Not to necropost, but I did try out Threema with a handful of people recently and it isn’t bad pros: officially maintained/supported FOSS Android app, unlike Signal clear business model (one time fee + enterprise) as opposed to a lingering loan (Signal) or VC (Element & SimpleX) strong metadata p…

[image] anon63378630: they rolled their own crypto library, Ibex, (again) This is the main problem with them and I do not feel comfortable recommending them. Their payment requirement indeed makes it near impossible to get it adopted. I prefer Signal’s subscription which I am happily paying…

[image] anon63378630: a shitty MediaTek phone that runs a GrapheneOS fork that also has a subscription on top I might’ve missed on their website but it didn’t even look like they were sharing too much information on specs, let alone operating system; where’d you find them and also, where’d yo…

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@rottenwheel They have it on their support page . [image]

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sorry to necro, but now they’re shilling a shitty MediaTek phone that runs a GrapheneOS fork that also has a subscription on top: Partnership with Apostrophy: Win a Privacy Phone – Threema

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