@Em0nM4stodon Yes, great time to get off legacy unencrypted calls and SMS texts, especially after the #SaltTyphoon, incident, and get on a data plan to use with #e2ee apps/protocols like #Signal, #Matrix, #XMPP, #DeltaChat, #SimpleX, #Briar, etc.

A phone number is now your surveillance #citizenID number now, so do not share it even with others as they will only upload it to their Big tech address books.

Also, threat actors don't need QuantumComputing to to break e2ee when they can get it from you copilot or other #clientsidescanning AI they are putting to protect the children, of course.

In general, e2ee on proprietary, closed source operating systems like Microsoft Windows and Google Android sort of misses the point.

Thanks for reading my rant, and please feel free to suggest improvements :)

@_elena the QR barcode scanning and displaying features are underrated, for sharing contacts. Can quickly add a contact with a friend IRL, say over coffee. Note: WhatsApp, Signal and Conversations ( #XMPP) also have this.

@_elena Matrix also has drawbacks (Like for example, it has afaik no disappearing messages, and it depends on a centralized ID server unless you run your own server and do not federate). If you want something just for your family and friends, #XMPP is very light weight, can be run via Yunohost, and can do video and audio chat as well. It does have a slight learning curve, but if you stick to Conversations IM (Android) and Siskin (Apple) as mobile clients you may have a pretty good experience. Conversations IM author is active via Mastodon, and via them you can also rent XMPP with your own custom domain name, letting them do the hosting. https://conversations.im/#support An alternative for self-hosting is Snikket as XMPP server, which uses a fork of Conversations as client. https://neilzone.co.uk/2023/08/a-month-using-xmpp-using-snikket-for-every-call-and-chat/