For those about to quit #WhatsApp you can consider https://quicksy.im/ which is behaving the same but using #XMPP decentralized protocol.
You can moreover access to you account from different softwares like https://dino.im/
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Indeed....giving his phone number to use an IM is just normal for many people. That's a part of the problem, but if they disvover XMPP thanks to this new whatsapp/FB , scandal, then there is hope 😉
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Better try the original conversations.im first. If register a XMPP account and set up is to complicated for you, then try quicksy.im !
@tuxicoman "decentralized"
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They should add a screenshot to their homepage
@tuxicoman Anti-Features:
* NonFreeNet - you can't change the server where the accounts are created
* Tracking - uses a 3rd party service provider (Twilio) to send SMS as needed for authentication
@ti_gj06 and Signal?
@tuxicoman btw those anti-features are the footnote from f-Droid app description * ( last paragraph) Signal sends either encrypted txt messages, if used with non Signal users will use the internet providers network
@ti_gj06 you can't migrate your account out of #signal unique server. Moreover you can't talk to any other server.
You have a sms verification. I don't know which 3rd party service is used for that.
Signal is not provided on fdroid because Signal forbid it (won't allow to connect to their server and thus their users)
@tuxicoman i use Langis, Conversations ( just plain Xmpp ) Matrix or Briar, Jami don't require phone numbers..or Deltachat, Sessions
@ti_gj06 what is langis?
Any link to see?
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Before someone jumps in with the all too predictable comment: someone who's already been using #Whatsapp does not give a toss about sharing his phone number.
If, like me, you like your hats tin-wrapped, chances are you never were a #Whatsapp subscriber in the first place.