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[Question] What is the best Real Time Instant Messanger app for Privacy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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with all the choices I have, I don't really know what to choose, there is Matrix, Signal, Briar, Jami, and alot of other privacy focused messenger app that I haven't even heard of.

need to discuss things with people on the internet, mostly people who already knows privacy stuff.

I need to choose one that's the most popular one to avoid having people making accounts, what's the most commonly used (private) messenger app?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

IMHO the best option would be to self-host a XMPP server and use an app like Conversations (Free on F-droid). You can make a free account on blabber.im to see it in action. Other community run XMPP servers should also be fine.

Self-hosting a Matrix server is also an option, but not as easy or low resource as a XMPP server like Prosody/Snikket or Ejabberd. Using a free Matrix account somewhere is less recommended, but ok as long as you are aware that the network is quite centralized and your identity & meta-data will end up on the matrix.org servers in the UK one way or the other.

As for centralized commercial apps: Threema is probably the best option right now, but it isn't free (but with open-source clients). Signal is more popular, but hosted in the US on AWS/Google servers and IMHO fake open-source. Signal also requires a phone-number which is a serious privacy issues in most countries.

Last but not least, Telegram might be the lowest friction entry option for your friends, but it has several privacy draw-backs and thus only an option of last resort (still better than WhatsApp though).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I thought I deleted this post... oh well. I think I'll go with XMPP/Matrix combination. thanks for the recommendation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

It was displayed as deleted shortly after posting my reply. Not sure what happened exactly.