I’ve been inspecting this topic quite a lot and I’m a little confused now. So, we have reasons not to use Signal, reasons not to use Matrix, there were also some claims about Session being a fraught. Briar is mostly activists related (not very suitable for daily use), XMPP lacks good clients and suffers from fragmentation of protocol standards implementation, SimpleX is too feature-incomplete (no UnifiedPush support, big battery drain on Android, very decent desktop client without any message sync). I can’t say a lot about Threema or Wire, as I’m not very familiar with them.

So, my question is — is there any good private messenger at all? What do you think is the most acceptable option?

EDIT: In addition to my post:

All messengers have their flaws, I’m well aware of that. I was interested in hearing users’ opinions regarding these shortcomings, not in finding the perfect messenger. I may have worded my thoughts incorrectly, sorry for that.

  • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7811·
    13 hours ago

    That article in Signal is bogus. It is entirely based on speculation from how funding comes in, and also either ignores, or misunderstands how Signal fundamentally works.

    The EFF recommends Signal, and it’s one of the most secure ways to communicate.

    https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal

    You can make your own decisions, but if you just grab any random arguments, you’ll find a reason to doubt everything.

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
      85·
      10 hours ago

      The US-state-department funding is important sure, but you also ignored every other point in that article.

    • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1313·
      11 hours ago

      You can make your own decisions, but if you just grab any random arguments, you’ll find a reason to doubt everything.

      Agreed. Especially if your source is Dessalines. 🙄