Signal or Wire and why?
from MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ca on 18 Mar 13:39
https://lemmy.world/post/44422422

I saw Wire get mentioned a bit, and now I’m curious.

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Samskara@sh.itjust.works on 18 Mar 14:33 next collapse

Threema is also an option.

spinning_disk_engineer@lemmy.ca on 18 Mar 15:04 collapse

It is an option, but not a particularly good one seeing as it’s run by amazon. I personally use Signal just because it’s popular, but Wire seems equally good, and I’m glad they exist to provide competition.

MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world on 19 Mar 19:12 collapse

Signal uses Amazon’s- wait I forgot the word, front-something.

eodur@piefed.social on 18 Mar 15:05 next collapse

First I’ve heard of Wire, but on the surface it looks pretty promising.

Personally I finally got most of my friends on Signal, so it will be a whole before I can get anyone to move to something else.

highduc@lemmy.ml on 18 Mar 15:17 next collapse

Signal is large enough to have its own network effect now 🙁

MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world on 19 Mar 19:11 collapse

What does it mean now? Sorry, I’m still new at this tech thing.

highduc@lemmy.ml on 19 Mar 19:55 collapse

I just meant that so many ppl are using signal that it makes it hard to switch to something else because then you’d have to convince your friends to switch too.

MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world on 20 Mar 19:16 collapse

Oh, okay.

XLE@piefed.social on 18 Mar 15:22 next collapse

I’m familiar with Wire, and long story short, if you’re already comfortable with Signal then there’s no reason to switch over.

I was going to say that its benefits include allowing you to use it from a desktop first, but it seems they have pivoted towards businesses now, and it’s not so clear how to make a personal account (or if you can).

Edit: looking for personal accounts on their Help page reveals instructions for deleting it or turning it into a Team account. Not promising.

chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de on 18 Mar 16:32 next collapse

SimpleX

Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus on 18 Mar 18:40 collapse

Signal all the way. From a security and usability perspective, you can’t really go wrong with it.