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I helped setting up Conversations / Monal on my grandparents phones and they have no issues sending messages.

• Beretta_Vexee 2y ago
  My grandmother lives 700 km from my home, I can't be there every time she changes her phone or breaks something. I can instruct a non-technical relative to install Signal. Installing Conversations and configuring the right account on the right server is another story.
  • zaik 2y ago
    Maybe https://quicksy.im/ https://quicksy.im/ would work in that case. Easy to install like Signal, but it uses your phone number as a routable XMPP address. Unsophisticated users get easy onboarding and nobody else gets locked into some walled garden.
    • some_furry 2y ago
      This isn't good enough. Quicksy "advises you" to use OMEMO. It doesn't make OMEMO always-on.
      • zaik 2y ago
        It's encrypted by default. I agree that having no option to send unencrypted messages would increase security somewhat, but the unsophisticated user can always be tricked into sending an unencrypted message. They will just use a different app if something doesn't work. Not really fixable on the application level.
        • some_furry 2y ago
          Try sending me plaintext with Signal. That's the fucking bar you need to meet.