Instead of whatsapp, fb messenger, imessage, go for skred

https://www.skred.app/

So i was on reddit and noticed skred was mentioned. I never heard of it and gave it a try.Its French. It has some nice features. Does not use a phonenumber.

Give it a try.

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anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz · 57 pts · 1y

I want my secure comm codebase to be at least source available for verification, preferably open source.

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 47 pts · 1y

No thanks. I don't see the source code anywhere.

Zoldyck@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y

Is it open source?

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The thing about messaging apps is, that they are worth nothing, unless the people you want to message also are using it.

marcianojones@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

This i know. But the majority will not move by itself. I told my fam that im no longer on whatsapp and if they want to get in contact they should either msg me through signal sms or just call.

atro_city@fedia.io · 17 pts · 1y

Sorry, it's not worth much if it's closed source.

marcianojones@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (7 replies)

I dont think its open source. But if foss is what you are after then this might not be for you.

Emperor@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Apparently, they are considering going open source.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I am also considering farting on the mother of everyone who reads this comment.

Emperor@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Good luck with that - her urn is on my safe.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (3 replies)

That does not make her un-fartable.

Emperor@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It makes it trickier and you won't know which urn is hers.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Hmmm. Now I just need to know how many urns you have.

NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y

You know what they say "one good urn deserves another"

troed@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

We have Matrix.

paperBark@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y

Matrix, XMPP, SimpleX, Molly (signal fork without closed source blobs) lots of good opensource options out there.

rpl6475@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
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ueeu@social.vivaldi.net · 5 pts · 1y (4 replies)

@marcianojones

Who is behind it?

knux@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y

Skred is supported by the french radio "Skyrock" (who also created Skyblog on 2002, a free-speech blog platform, closed recently). We developed Skred as a secure messaging app to provide a sovereign service.

marcianojones@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I cannot tell you.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Then what use are you?

marcianojones@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

You can look for yourself cant you.

rirus@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Use https://lemmy.ml/c/simplex https://simplex.chat/ European (minority US VC), OpenSource, most secure and not centralized and multiple Profiles, routing over multiple servers Its what skred aims to be: "you don’t need any email address or phone number to use it. Skred is open. No subscription is necessary, there’s no operator, no SIM card and no tracking." https://simplex.chat/

llothar@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I tried it, but it is quite heavy on the battery ...

rpl6475@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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llothar@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Constant

knux@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Comparing to SimpleX, Skred is operating without servers for exchanging messages via the WebRTC protocol. A signaling server is used to send pushes to devices which will be able to established a peer-to-peer connection and do their stuffs ^^

rirus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So it cant recieve messages if your chat partner went offline after sending it while you were offline?

knux@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y

You are right. Both partners needs to be online at the same time. That's why the sender will provoke a push that will wake up the recipient when it becomes online. This recipient will in turn cause a push that will wake the sender and then the connection will be established. Usage of WebRTC is explained here: https://www.skred.app/skred-peer-to-peer-secure-communications-using-webrtc/

HotCoffee@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

Another day another opportunity to shill SimpleX-Chat.

Open source, no users ID. Not even anonymous ID's.

max@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y

P2P? Why not just use briar instead

Nadru@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Try Treebal

Letsdothisok@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

"It's French"...

I'm sorry. Maybe it's alright, but that doesn't inspire confidence.