So, I was told to not use Signal, so all that is left is Matrix. And I am not techy enough to have my own server and neither are my relatives, so Matrix.org is the only option

  • nutbutter
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    7 hours ago

    Who told you to not use Signal, and what reasons did they give? I’m very curious.

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      4 hours ago

      It uses phone numbers and is centralized. I personally dont use it cus of those reasons. Also wouldnt switch cus my folk already use matrix so im nt making a bunch of people get another app lol

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      3 hours ago

      Signal is most likely a fed honeypot.

      They are super shady, blocked some important security researchers that found a vulnerability from them on all platforms, and they offer no explanation on why using a phone number is MANDATORY for signup.

      No reason to trust signal IMO.