So is there a signal alternative that is fully open source and not under control of one single company?
Bett as I understand it, it's still from a company and still locked to the whims of a CEO and I'm done with that.
What's the best alternative?
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Simplex chat is a great alternative. I use both signal and simplex simultaneously
Matrix as a protocol, and the official client is Element.
I'm baffled Signal didn't support transferring chats... I thought it was supposed to be easier than Matrix
Finally I can transfer my one and only chat to my PC
I know right. I wish more people used it. It's nice and simple. No fuss in the way. And especially now with chat transfers. Should be Gucci.
Holy shit no way, basic functionality needed at absolutely all times, in my signal? More likely than you think!
Kudos to the Devs! Maybe time to give this app another shot!
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Thanks, I love Signal, but can we get Android tablet linking?
Molly has it.
What's Molly in this context?
in this context? haha
See the other response to justify that part, heh.
A hardened Signal fork that works with Signal's servers and adds features I like that Signal doesn't support.
I heard signal dislikes forks using its server, did molly get approval to do so, or is this based on generosity until signal can ban them?
I heard that too...1ish years ago and Molly still seems to work okay. I would assume by now that Signal knows they exist, so hopefully they'll keep playing nice.
TIL. Thank you!
A good time 🌚
That's why "in this context"!
Still a good time in that context 🤭
Fair enough.
I’m still waiting for the day that I can make a full backup of my chats and save it on an external hard drive so that I won’t lose all of my message history when I lose my phone.
I still wait for an option to officially use signal without having to have a proprietary operating system running 😆🥲
And I am waiting for a way to use Signal without it ever touching a smartphone) Right now I have a Graphene phone so I can trust it (so Molly works), but before that my phone (like most phones) did not support any degoogled OS. While the laptop (like most laptops can) was running Linux easily. Yet, you have to either use an Android VM or a frustrating command-line client to register!
Yea, that was what I meant to say with my comment 😄 linux phone gang rise up!
You can on Android. If you have an iPhone you can link using the molly signal fork on an android device and then backup using that.
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You can already do it. I have Signal create daily backups, sync it to my NAS using Syncthing with versioning enabled.
Oh fucking shit, setting this up today
Yeah I've been doing this
Unfortunately it seems like some people think that that is neutral.
Original announcement: https://signal.org/blog/a-synchronized-start-for-linked-devices/
Blogs like these drive me fucking crazy: there's a primary source out there, why not just link to that at the end of your (evidently pointless) opinion piece?
It's almost like they know their commentary isn't adding anything and they're worried we'll click away immediately.
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