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What is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without? (lemmy.ml)

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Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I haven't used Signal.

Is your 'registered Signal number' your phone handset number?

From this page:

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007318691-Register-a-phone-number

[You are right, Delta Chat uses AutoCrypt, which is OpenPGP based.]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Yes it uses your phone number. You now have the option to use a username though.

Personally, while I totally understand the criticism, this is not an attack vector I am concerned with. I want a private messenger that hides the content and metadata of my messages from ad companies, spying neighbors, and the government. Signal does all of this.