AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
I’m thinking of the things listed on the Privacy Guides real-time communication section https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/
minus-squareairikr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWait, what?! You can self-host Signal? Please send me a guide!
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoYou can. But you’re not going to. Signal isn’t federated. Not only do you need to self host your own server, you need to build your own clients, and then have everybody you want to talk to using your specific clients talking to your specific server.
minus-squareairikr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoAh, yeah, of course :/ Will stick to my own XMPP server then.
Wait, what?! You can self-host Signal? Please send me a guide!
You can. But you’re not going to. Signal isn’t federated. Not only do you need to self host your own server, you need to build your own clients, and then have everybody you want to talk to using your specific clients talking to your specific server.
Ah, yeah, of course :/ Will stick to my own XMPP server then.