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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (29 children)

Signal still centrally collects metadata and requires a phone number to participate.

If you're serious about privacy, ESPECIALLY if you're part of a group looking to organize in a clandestine fashion, you should look into the vastly superior SimpleX Chat.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

i switched my family over to signal. i cant do a seitch again xD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

i cant do a seitch again

On a serious note, sticking to Signal for family group chats is fine. No need to move them over to another platform.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Signal is likely fine for a use case like that. Don't feel like you need to switch if you don't have a good reason. Signal is a great balance between stupid-easy useability and E2EE messaging, and people who actually need that extra mile of privacy should know better than to use Signal.

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