Unfortunately the Wickrme app is no longer available as of 31/12/2023.

Does anyone have any recommended alternatives?

  • Qkall@lemmy.ml
    141·
    11 months ago

    hmm no one said matrix. i rather like matrix. the whole key and passcode seems to confuse people but once its set up its nice and free… and you can host your own server if youre super paranoid.

    • LWD@lemm.ee
      12·
      11 months ago

      (edit: I just realized this entire post might be part of an op to promote scam software so that’s kind of more important than this comment)

      • Qkall@lemmy.ml
        4·
        11 months ago

        wait am i an op plant? like is there something about matrix i missed??

        • LWD@lemm.ee
          4·
          11 months ago

          Sorry, not you. I just figured there were better times and places for me to rant about Matrix, which is a legitimate ecosystem

          • roflo1@feddit.nl
            4·
            11 months ago

            Missed your post before the edit. But I’d like to read your rant on Matrix. Even if it’s just a TL;DR.

            • LWD@lemm.ee
              3·
              11 months ago

              I actually saved it lol. Matrix rant follows:

              you can host your own server if youre super paranoid.

              Trouble is, if you’re paranoid to the point of not wanting your data to traverse other people’s servers, then you need other people to sign up on yours.

              In other words, if two people have the same mindset, neither of them will ever talk to the other, as Matrix governance rules say that all foreign servers have total right to ownership and control of your data once they access it. It’s a little screwed up, honestly, as there is a huge gulf between “once you send your data somewhere, it might not disappear” and “we must preserve your data, as it belongs to us now, you don’t have any rights to it”

  • JustUseMint@lemmy.world
    21·
    11 months ago

    Fucking rip. I’d suggest signal but it’s not quite the same obvi. Uh, Session is also good.

    • Desyn0xox@lemmy.ml
      61·
      11 months ago

      Haven’t tried Session, though it seemed like a good service, until I found it lacks perfect forward secrecy, which IMO seems like a bad decision. I think Berty seems interesting too, but it seems like it might take a short while before it becomes a relevant option.

      • LemmyHead@lemmy.ml
        3·
        11 months ago

        Also not a fan of Session missing FS. So I replaced it with SimpleX, but it’s quite a dead community. The app also feels like something beta, but I have high hopes for it

    • bachalxyz@lemmy.worldOP
      149·
      11 months ago

      Thanks!

      For those who don’t want to click through Twtter’s link, here’re what the post recommends:

      Session, Threema, Signal, BriarApp, SimpleXChat, WireMin.

      • LWD@lemm.ee
        15·
        11 months ago

        Just a heads up, that last one is spyware.

        There are scammers running around social networks promoting WireMin using what I can only describe as a “call and response” technique, where person 1 asks for advice, person 2 responds by recommending WireMin, and elsewhere they repeat the same mantra.