It seems like I constantly see “X secure messaging option is actually bullshit because it was purchased by Dr. Evil and Y is actually just e-mailing your messages directly to Xi Jinping.”

Is there an authoritatively “best” one I can just…download and setup easily? Is Signal good? Or do I need to solder a Raspberry Pi to the flux modulator of my home Linux NAS GUI, etc…?

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    I’d rather use a Swiss messenger than basically any other country, but yeah Threema is not mainstream and might as well not exist to most normals.

    I’d trust them personally over any other country though, and I did once make my own messenger that used a few different encryptions (main one was serpent) and 2 passwords (using a lot of variations on both with slightly dif encryption types in multiple rounds which I’ll be honest was slow) . But yeah most normal people need to at least know something is mainstream/popular before they will ever install an app.