cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoElon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging servicewww.disruptionist.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1729arrow-down113cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarePassingThrough@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoSo what’s the opinion here between Signal and SimpleX? Signal gets all the attention, and seems more approachable but ties to a phone number which can be a big deal. SimpleX ties to nothing but I could absolutely see people I know fucking it up and wondering where their “account” went. So, Signal as an common man’s adoptable compromise and SimpleX to nerd out with full “opsec” and disposability? That about right?
minus-squarehossein@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSignal has been under way more scrutiny than SimpleX. In both academic papers and security audits.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoSimpleX sounds like herpes.
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoSo now we know what he kid’s nickname will be when he gets herpes in high school
So what’s the opinion here between Signal and SimpleX?
Signal gets all the attention, and seems more approachable but ties to a phone number which can be a big deal.
SimpleX ties to nothing but I could absolutely see people I know fucking it up and wondering where their “account” went.
So, Signal as an common man’s adoptable compromise and SimpleX to nerd out with full “opsec” and disposability? That about right?
Signal has been under way more scrutiny than SimpleX. In both academic papers and security audits.
SimpleX sounds like herpes.
So now we know what he kid’s nickname will be when he gets herpes in high school