What do you recommend as a good FOSS private and secure chat app on Android that isn't Signal? - eviltoast

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.

  • postmeridiem@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you have to give up your phone number to register why would you get Signal over Telegram? All the people you aren’t supposed to talk to are on Telegram and not Signal, so if you’re giving up your phone number, why pick Signal? Because it’s FOSS? What’s the difference in outcome? Both end in a phone number request from the government that the service will comply with.