A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as “an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse.”

        • Lucia [she/her]@eviltoast.org
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          Seems you edited your comment to add new points. Lemmy doesn’t notify users about changes to comments/posts they replied to, unfortunately.

          Phone numbers required for now. Usernames potentially on the horizon per sms removal update.

          Good to know. I prefer to never use my phone number for sign ups.

          Server side code is open source and available at Signal Server Github.

          They seem to put a lot of effort to centralize their app though - you can’t setup your own server and talk to other signal users.

          Android has an apk download so you dont need Google Play.

          Yes, but you need to figure out how to verify signature keys on android + manual updates, it’s just inconvinent if you compare it to F-Droid Signal devs so dislike for no good reason.

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            Sure, definitely use what works for you. I do like it as a phone messenger that happens to have a functional desktop client (Telegram and surprisingly, Whatsapp do have better desktop clients).

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      Signal is great, but the core developer is inherently against federation with his own product. It’s just one giant centralized service.

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      It feels like I’m doing shady backdoor deals. It’s only for the people I conspire with and really close friends…

      In which we just end up using regular old sms anyway lol.

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      Signal is too darn secure. Much better to have one dude who probably knows how to use a crypto library build the whole thing over again with a coat of ActivityPub on top