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

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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[-] DeepSpace9mm@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

Not just .world. I saw people from all over recommending matrix by element, and element works with the police and nato

I'm not even a tech knower and found that connection

[-] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

yeah it's more about whether you're capable of making connections yourself instead of google searching "how do i hide texts from government 🥺" than being a tech knower so you will go far #XMPP

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