Is anyone here aware of some alternatives to mentioned instant messaging applications ? Alot of people keep mentioning Signal , however since it is US based I am not going to entertain it as a possibility.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 hours ago (15 children)

Try out the either Element or Fluffychat. Both based on decentralized, privacy, and security. Both based on Matrix. I like Fluffychat for ease of use and it’s on all devices. Plus you have to verify every device that signs in or that new device can not see previous chats as they stay encrypted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I also use Fluffychat and I’m pretty satisfied. But it has its own “quirks”. I would say it’s slightly more buggy than I would expect. And I’m mostly missing the function for pasting of images from mobile device’s clipboard. It’s still doable, but in a somehow convoluted way. But once I got familiar with it, I’m liking it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

One of the latest updates allow you to use the Share button to directly post to Fluffychat. But I do agree with quirks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yep, that’s what I meant by convoluted. It’s: Share -> Fluffychat -> Click on Post

Then Fluffychat opens with a popup where you select the respective chat and click on Forward. And then click on Send in new popup. It’s not a catastrophe, but I can definitely imagine less steps for that :)

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