Signal is more secure than Telegram from my understanding, but the fact that it needs a phone number makes me wary

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  • session-desktop

    Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

    • Might want to consider session or element

  • matrix-doc

    Discontinued Proposals for changes to the matrix specification [Moved to: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals]

    • What metadata does Matrix protect? Encrypted state events still aren't a thing for example https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3414 This means that server admins know what groups a given account is a member of, private or not, and they also have a general idea of what the topic of said groups are, even if they're encrypted. This would be a problem for groups about sensitive personal medical issues, like a private HIV survivors or Alcoholics Anonymous group.

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