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I convinced quite a lot of my friends to switch to Threema. No phone number required, and really open source (https://threema.ch/en/faq/source_code https://thre

I convinced quite a lot of my friends to switch to Threema. No phone number required, and really open source (https://threema.ch/en/faq/source_code https://threema.ch/en/faq/source_code)

bildung 6y ago
Except the server it seems? I only see the various clients on github.
- sschueller 6y ago
  Like signal, their server code on github is not what they are running.
  - bildung 6y ago
    With signal, there is at least the occosional server code dump. The threema server is closed source.
dunefox 6y ago
I would like to do the same, but most of my friends aren't even on Signal. There is no chance in hell that they buy a messenger.
ddevault 6y ago
Let's stop making the same mistake over and over again. It is centralized, not federated, and therefore Threema is likely to suffer the same fate.
- barbiturique 6y ago
  DeltaChat, it's encrypted email that present itself as a chat. You can use your own smtp, or use a existing one. It only needs to be able to create a folder locally and use GPG. ( the smtp, the client app has passed the mom test of installation ) Experience is below signal, but decent.
brnt 6y ago
And no E2EE!
- dunefox 6y ago
  That is absolutely false: https://threema.ch/en/ https://threema.ch/en/
grafporno 6y ago
> really open source Yeah, except that pesky server, right.
- saurik 6y ago
  To be fair, Signal hadn't released source code for their server for over a year before today ;P.
  - fsflover 6y ago
    True, which is why you should have switched to Matrix.