The protocol is worse for privacy
'Trust me bro'
The problem is, you're comparing apples with orchards. Analogous would be: 'email is worse for privacy than yahoomail'. Plus in this scenario yahoomail only lets you send emails to yahoomail addresses.
Phone numbers are no longer required iirc
Phone numbers are still required to register and maintain an account. Only difference now is you can choose to hide it from other users and give people a 'username' to look you up with instead.
Matrix and XMPP are not alternatives and are worse for privacy and security
XMPP is exactly as good or bad for privacy as the servers and clients you choose. It's a protocol, not a service. Unlike Signal, which is a brand/app/service package.
-> ALT: a Poster incl a picture of David with a x drawn over his mouth.
MISSING
THE LONELY WARRIOR
WANTED
FOR HUNTING GENERALS
WHISTLEBLOWERS SHOULD GET REWARDS NOT JAIL
WHERE'S HURLEY?
14TH MAY 2024 SUPREME COURT ACT
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David vs Goliath in a nutshell:
Government: 'he stole [newspeak for copied] information but we can't tell you what it is, so we took it off his lawyers and put it in a safe. We'll all refer to it as the docs in the safe.'
Judiciary: 'oh, ok, np!'
Defence Department Whistleblower: 'Those docs showed what I believed to be leadership misconduct. I have no defence now; I plead guilty.'
6 months later...
Government: 'Please jail him with non-parole period'
Judiciary: 'lemme think about this for another week 🤔'
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-> https://twitter.com/BeeDemocracy/status/1787773353438413019
Conversations for android is an example of a good XMPP client.