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What do you recommend as a good FOSS private and secure chat app on Android that isn't Signal? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
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I have nothing against Signal. I just don't have access to a phone number right now. I fully intend to use the Signal when I get a number. I know there is no silver bullet, no absolutes in the privacy world but I'm looking for any messengers that are generally considered to be private and secure on Android that I can try to convince my friends and family to use. I have a mid - low threat model, it's just the thought of giving the Zuck anymore of my family's data makes my skin crawl.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago

this makes more sense if you understand public and private keys

when encrypting a message, there are two keys. the public key can only be used to encrypt and the private key to decrypt. a recipient will put its public key out and a peer wishing to send it a message will use this key to encrypt it. once the message arrives, the recipient can use their private key to then decrypt the message

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