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What is the goto app/software for secure, private communications?

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From what I can gather Signal, XMPP (Encrypted) and Matrix are the main software for secure communications.

Curious if there are any I’ve missed.

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ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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Signal.

Not necessarily because it’s better or because I like it. I actually don’t like it: Signal requiring a phone number really, REALLY doesn’t sit right with me, I hate not being able to back up my messages and having to hold the tiny button on the screen to record an audio or video message really sucks.

But it’s the easiest and most common of the truly private communication apps to get non-technical people to install.

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Confound4082@lemmy.ml
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You can backup your messages with signal… I do it whenever I switch to a new phone.

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KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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They claim it’s to generate your encryption key but then I don’t understand why you can’t just give it a passphrase instead. Pretty dumb for a so-called privacy related app.

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