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Pro to [email protected]English • 23 days ago

Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

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Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

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Moving from WhatsApp to Signal is an important action, right now. WhatsApp’s parent company, Meta, has been involved in several cases of election interference: America in 2016, Trinidad and Tobago …
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    5•21 days ago

    When did WhatsApp start allowing signups without a phone number?

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      No clue. Never even tried to use it since it’s a Meta product. I was referring to Signal’s phone # requirement being a non-starter.

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        2•21 days ago

        So what do you use now?

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          2•21 days ago

          Matrix

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          I use Element.

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            1•21 days ago

            I use both and have been happy with both, but note that Element / Matrix have recently announced the intent to add paid service tiers.

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              3•21 days ago

              Fair enough, servers cost, you can self host it too…

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                Remeber, If it’s “free”, you are the product.

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                  1•21 days ago

                  Both technologies are open source. It’s a common model of compensation for the developers, pay as your able.

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                  1•20 days ago

                  A friend hosts my instance. I don’t expect free as in beer hosting, only free as in speech code and protocols.

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