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Is it still viable to use Signal for privacy in 2026? It's centralized, and has had many suspicious occurrences in the past.(Unopen source server code, careless whisper exploit which is still active as far as I know, and the whole mobile coin situation.)

Thoughts?

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[โ€“] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

And also have 0 friends ๐Ÿ˜…

Seriously, not a single real life person is going to use something like xmpp.

[โ€“] kahoodd@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I had 3 back then but because my dump android stops it from running in the background. Now I left with 1 legit friend, I also force my parents to use it :)

Seriously, not a single real life person is going to use something like xmpp.

True but I also don't want to be close with npc iphone/instaram users anyway

[โ€“] erb013kt@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

No hatin, just saying normies ain't gonna use that.