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Best apps for private messaging (www.privacyguides.org)

submitted 2 months ago by Maragato@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Hello. I am looking for an alternative to Telegram and I prefer an application that uses decentralised servers. My question is: why is the xmpp+omemo protocol not recommended on websites when it is open source and decentralised? The privacyguides.org website does not list xmpp+omemo as a recommended messaging service. Nor does this website include it in its comparison of private messaging services.

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/assets/img/cover/real-time-communication.webp

Why do you think xmpp and its messaging clients such as Conversations, Movim, Gajim, etc. do not appear in these guides?

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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Could you elaborate on why Signal is a bad choice?

Are SimpleX and Briar also poor choices? Delta Chat?

And maybe why being funded by western governments is a bad thing as opposed to other governments?

Thanks 🙇‍♂️

[-] theherk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

It isn’t. But I see this same post over and over. Really feels like there is a campaign against signal. Also tor developed by US Naval Research, so I guess it’s bad too.