For those that want more security:

https://simplex.chat/

That’s not the flex you think it is.

Your preoccupation with image here hurts you more than it helps you.

I recommend https://simplex.chat/

I wouldn’t trust windows to follow their don’t screenshot API, whether out of ignorance or malice.

There is an argument for that to an extent.

Microsoft’s support of Israel’s genocide is an exception and has been a long time.

At least… for anyone with a modicum of ethics.

Open source router firmware.

Use flatpak steam and faltseal to deny as access to user directories.

Or https://simplex.chat/ where there are no identifiers like phone numbers or any other identifier.

Security review was done by trail of bits.

Sadly I found out yesterday:

Matrix is not a community-based software, it was born [00] in Amdocs [01], a multinational corporation founded in Israel.

https://hackea.org/notas/matrix.html

Many were claiming its impossible to get contributions merged as well.

I would be happy to find out this information is wrong or outdated.

Why not avoid amazon completely or as much as possible?

You can’t export your MFA? Aegis for example allows this.

You shouldn’t trust TurboTax so much.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/turbotax-privacy-tax-return-2024/

They also keep trying to trick you into giving consent:

https://www.moneytalksnews.com/are-turbotax-and-hr-block-sharing-your-personal-info/

They also lobby to keep taxes complex.

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free

Threema bad:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/security-analysis-of-threema.html

Signal if you trust them to not leak your identifier and because its gotten the most mass adoption.

Simplex if you can convince your circle to use it because it has no identifiers and is user friendly.

https://simplex.chat/

You use Simplex over Signal for improved privacy and no identifiers, not Matrix.

Signal is still very good though.

https://devenv.sh/

Note this also builds oci compatible containers you can run with podman, kubernetes, etc.

It lets you develop on bare metal in an environment the same as the docker container and is reproducible rather than just repeatable.

This could be solved with a:

Can’t make up your mind?

Click here to choose a random general topic instance. Don’t worry, if you want to switch later you can.

Google play services betrays you.

Use https://grapheneos.org/ and it sandboxes Google play for you, but ironically requires a Google Pixel phone.

But simplex seemed just as easy as signal to set up?

Pretty much the same in use IIRC.

WhatsApp -> Simplex

I recommend Simplex over signal because its not tied to your phone number and has no identifiers.

The first messenger without user IDs

https://simplex.chat/