Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

[itsapersonn@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Not federated, but definitely anonymous. All Signal messages are E2EE, and Signal can't even access your messages. They literally have a page where they list every time they've been asked by the government to give info, and they can't.
https://signal.org/bigbrother/

[moseschrute@lemmy.world]

Wait that’s really funny

[lars@fedihub.space]

@[email protected]

Well, my only concern is that on the one hand the company is very meticulous about the internal network, but on the other hand messengers such as WhatsApp, etc. are used for internal communication. That doesn't go together. TikTok is just a new addition.

It's clear that Peertube etc. don't have the reach.

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

I'd focus on messengers.

[sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works]

So if you don't need to create an account, how do you know you're talking to who you think you're talking to?

You use your email provider's credentials to log into the app, which then creates an IMAP folder called delta-chat which houses all those conversations.

You'd verify it's your mom by starting a chat with "[email protected]" she'd verify it's you by making sure it's coming from "[email protected]"

[udon@lemmy.world]

It's a good one (Signal as well, though). My favorite design decision was to tie it into the email ecosystem, so if anyone tries to block it, they will have to block email, which their business buddies won't be happy about.

Some more here:

https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-oio-154-delta-chat-e-mail-based-messaging-the-rustocalypse-and-ux-driven-approach-ybti-wefixthenet-session-

[umbrella@lemmy.ml]

with these its more about whos using it

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

Yeah. Bit hard to switch messenger apps when they don't talk to each other if nobody you're talking to switches with you.

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

SimpleX is the best alternative right now, email is a very bad protocol

[fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com]

So is matrix and it's way more popular.

[emperor@feddit.uk]

I'm resigned to friends and family being almost impossible to get off WhatsApp. Despite being Meta it is also quite difficult to enshittify. If they manage it, I might be able start a conversation but until then it has to stay.

For everything else Fediverse related I'm using Matrix as most Lemmy business happens there (Lemmy uses it for secure DMs so it makes sense). I will try and move people across from other chat platforms to Matrix on an ad hoc basis.

[happytimeharry@lemm.ee]

Matrix has bridges for every other chat service, so all your friends who refuse to switch don't have to.

[coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe]

Don't use Session

[chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de]

[coacoamelky@lemm.ee]

It's hard to get techies to see that, plan for the lease savy user.

[anyhow2503@lemmy.world]

I agree with your recommendation. As for free/freemium email providers, there's Tuta for one. I'm hoping that there are others.