Finally, we can have usernames in Signal instead of giving our phone number to everybody.

  • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    I never heard about Threema before,
    quickly glanced at it’s Github repo,
    but I think I prefer Matrix/Element over it.

    Threema seems to largely rely om GMS (Google Messaging Service),
    meaning that most messages will go through Google’s servers,
    albeit end-to-end encrypted for now,
    I would not be suprised if Google would participate in “Harvest now, Decrypt later”.

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      8 months ago

      There’s actually an option to turn GMS off entirely if that’s a concern (Settings–>About–>Advanced). It comes at the cost of slightly increased battery usage. Sadly Google does have a bit of a monopoly on mainstream Android there.
      Having said that, the messages themselves should never pass Google’s servers, just a packet saying “check your Threema server, there’s new stuff waiting for you.”