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Privacy
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Looks promising, thanks!
What about Session? It’s cross-platform and decentralized.
There’s also Simple X chat which is also cross-platform and foss.
You can send photos and files on both. There’s no need for email and phone to sign up. My friends and I like Session for it’s simplicity but my niece made everybody download Simple X because it’s “prettier”.
Don't these require an internet connection?
Simplex
Looks like it requires an internet connection. Please correct if I'm wrong.
Yes, missed it , sorry 😅
Jabber/xmpp clients
Requires an internet connection.
Briar?