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[โ€“] TechnologyClassroom@partizle.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are alternatives that provide more privacy. FSF India made an excellent visual chart comparing messaging applications. Signal stopped publishing their back end so they moved from the third bucket to the second bucket. The fourth and fifth categories are good.

[โ€“] catacomb 5 points 1 year ago

I love Briar for the Bluetooth chat functionality, I use it to chat with friends when we haven't paid for allocated seats on flights.