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Chat Apps (kbin.run)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Just self host the bridges. I mean if you trust your phone more than your server, this won't help.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Do whatever you want, but again, make sure your contacts can make an informed decision about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I bet none of my contacts made an informed decision about which chat app they are using. I don't think that this really bothers one of them. Most of them do not know, what the difference between Insta-pms and Whatsapp even is, as far as security and privacy are concerned. And from my point of view I don't know it detailed enough too. Making an informed decision about a closed source software and as a non technical person is not as easy as you may think. At least from my point of view.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're hitting the nail directly on the head.

Not knowing what's going on being a bad thing is precisely my whole point

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Meh. For many people, software research is an impossibly high barrier for entry because of years of FANG brain rot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

If I own the bridge, nobody but me is accessing the message.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yup, this is what I do.