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Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by freedomben on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:05PM (#33453147)
keybase.io has been great, although it's not without its risks either since it was acquired by Zoom. It's still up and seemingly maintained but AFAIK there's no new feature work.

I've heard WhatsApp recommended from people I trust, but I have never personally used it so can't speak from experience.

Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by calgoo on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:42PM (#33453692)
The legal team at the company I work for are suggesting to remove keybase and treat it as compromised as there is no way of knowing of keys and other data has not been shared with the Chinese government. No proof at all of course, just the world we live in I guess :)
Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by seized on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:20PM (#33453356)
A lot of people moved to Signal because of WhatsApps changes so that advice can thought of as misleading at best.

Your suggested alternatives are owned by Zoom and Facebook. I'll stick with Signal.

Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by happymellon on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:24PM (#33453428)
As a Facebook owned app, I don't trust WhatsApp.

All of them being tied to a phone number is bad form.

Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by L3viathan on Thursday November 03, 2022 @04:23PM (#33456963)
> keybase.io has been great

> Crypto thing they attempted

well...