Scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”

Scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    343·
    7 days ago

    God dammit.

    I’m JUST starting to talk to a woman online. I was going to tell her she can use Signal usernames if she’s not comfortable with giving phone numbers.

    Kik gained a reputation as being a sex app.

    Signal now has the reputation of being a trump thing.

    CAN’T I JUST HAVE ONE GOD DAMNED APP THAT ALLOWS WOMEN TO EXCHANGE A HANDLE RATHER THAN A PHONE NUMBER SO THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE???

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      34·
      6 days ago

      Signal would still be my recommendation for most people.

      Less user friendly options would be SimpleX, Session.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Session is problematic and I wouldn’t recommend it. They are building it on a crypto and the network isn’t exactly stable. They already changed the crypto which costs there investors thousands.

        Other options include Briar although it works best during internet shutdowns.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Well…I meant more from the angle of “hey, add me on signal”.

        “Signal? What’s that?” researches with quick google search

        “Oh, he’s a trump guy…” BLOCK

    • Badabinski@kbin.earth
      121·
      6 days ago

      Briar, perhaps?

      Regardless, I feel your pain about shit you’re using being co-opted by shitheads or just something undesirable.

    • lemmylime@lemy.lolEnglish
      54·
      6 days ago

      Threema

      https://threema.ch/en

      From their about page:

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