AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
I’m thinking of the things listed on the Privacy Guides real-time communication section https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoYou can always run a self-hosted version of Signal or a fork of it, then you can do whatever you want with it, including not using phone numbers.
minus-squareairikr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoWait, what?! You can self-host Signal? Please send me a guide!
minus-squareEugenia@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoI’m not interested in running servers, in fact, my ISP doesn’t allow it anyway. I need something private that doesn’t ask for too much info off of me, and that’s why my solution was matrix, and not signal.
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agomost people don’t run servers from their house, but something like a cheap VPS or similar.
You can always run a self-hosted version of Signal or a fork of it, then you can do whatever you want with it, including not using phone numbers.
Wait, what?! You can self-host Signal? Please send me a guide!
I’m not interested in running servers, in fact, my ISP doesn’t allow it anyway. I need something private that doesn’t ask for too much info off of me, and that’s why my solution was matrix, and not signal.
most people don’t run servers from their house, but something like a cheap VPS or similar.