Granted, the part

The globally recommended app by privacy and security experts, Signal, is now being downloaded massively and tops the Danish Google Play Store

is a little ironic, but you gotta push this winning tide and then work from that.

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    2 days ago

    Unfortunately Threema the European alternative that’s at least as secure as Signal costs money - and that one time fee is enough to send everyone to Signal.

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        8 hours ago

        Great Idea. It will probably be called ChatControlsEU and every message is archived and data mined at the Bavarian police departments Palantir instance.

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      The article dedicated a paragraph to Threema. Just noting and quoting it for context, not necessarily agree.

      Another well-known messaging app, Telegram, is not considered a private alternative, as chats are not end-to-end encrypted by default. Only Secret Chats offer optional end-to-end encryption, while group chats have none. Telegram also falls short in other privacy and security areas, such as metadata protection and contact privacy.

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        But as far as I understand, for e2e programs that doesnt matter as long as the client is open-source, isn’t it?

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      As much as I praise Threema… it frankly sucks compared to the alternatives. Delayed message delivery, sometimes no notifications, somehow dated looking Ui…