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* '''[https://www.signal.org/ Signal]''' is the perfect chat app to move to from Whatsapp. It works very similarly and is secure and private by default. I recommend downloading it from their site, not from Google Play, even though they recommend the opposite. ❗️ Signal is great, but like I said there is no perfect messenger app and Signal has downsides too. Messages are end-to-end encrypted, but the server is closed source and hosted on evil clouds. So the metadata (phone number, who writes to whom and when) is openly accessible by Amazon, Google, Microsoft & Cloudflare. | * '''[https://www.signal.org/ Signal]''' is the perfect chat app to move to from Whatsapp. It works very similarly and is secure and private by default. I recommend downloading it from their site, not from Google Play, even though they recommend the opposite. ❗️ Signal is great, but like I said there is no perfect messenger app and Signal has downsides too. Messages are end-to-end encrypted, but the server is closed source and hosted on evil clouds. So the metadata (phone number, who writes to whom and when) is openly accessible by Amazon, Google, Microsoft & Cloudflare. | ||
* Not a messenger, but a protocol messengers can converse with is '''Matrix'''. It's federated, so like the [[Fediverse]], and fully free software. You can choose a very privacy friendly server to create your account on and then download a messenger like '''[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/im.vector.app/ Element]''' and start messaging. | * Not a messenger, but a protocol messengers can converse with is '''Matrix'''. It's federated, so like the [[Fediverse]], and fully free software. You can choose a very privacy friendly server to create your account on and then download a messenger like '''[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/im.vector.app/ Element]''' and start messaging. | ||
* Another federated and free software protocol is XMPP. There are very many XMPP clients. | * Another federated and free software protocol is XMPP. There are very many XMPP clients, e.g. '''[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.snikket.android Snikket]''' and '''[https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.siacs.conversations/ Conversations]'''. | ||
* Notable mentions: '''[https://f-droid.org/packages/org.kontalk Kontalk]''', '''[https://f-droid.org/packages/ | * Notable mentions: '''[https://f-droid.org/packages/org.kontalk Kontalk]''', '''[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.briarproject.briar.android Briar]''', '''[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/network.loki.messenger.fdroid/ Session]'''. | ||
===Social Media=== | ===Social Media=== | ||