▲ 200 ▼ Signal is working on registration without a phone number. But what form will it take? (aboutsignal.com) submitted 2 months ago by unglueclass23@programming.dev to c/privacy@programming.dev 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 52fighters@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Don't forget Briar! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mote@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago Briar fits into it's own niche (operational design), making it a choice for certain activities but not what I would call your general normie chat app. It makes tradeoffs (using the local network, no caching relays, etc.) to increase security posture at the expense of general use. IIRC, Jack Dorsey's BitChat was modeled after the same designs? (which is interesting, because Nostr his other pet doesn't) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mote@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago Briar fits into it's own niche (operational design), making it a choice for certain activities but not what I would call your general normie chat app. It makes tradeoffs (using the local network, no caching relays, etc.) to increase security posture at the expense of general use. IIRC, Jack Dorsey's BitChat was modeled after the same designs? (which is interesting, because Nostr his other pet doesn't) permalink fedilink source parent