I’ve been working really hard to research and rank messaging apps by their privacy. The more green boxes the better.

I plan to turn PrivacySpreadsheet.com into a place for privacy data on everything from cars to video games. It’s all open source too on GitHub.

Not trying to advertise, I just put a lot of time into researching all this, and I want to share it since I think others could benefit.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
    2·
    10 months ago

    It’s kind of there now - you can link devices, but you have to manually switch between them. So only one device is active at a time. Not what people are looking for, but it’s a start.

    Not really useful for me, yet, but I like their approach. They didn’t just throw out a fully-functional use-anywhere but flawed system, just to appease users. They’ve remained focused on keeping it secure. It’s an Agile development approach, which works really well for stuff like this.

    My guess is it’ll be more fluid within the year (at least I hope so). I’d really like to switch to it, especially since you can self-host. Would be useful for my family, and could possibly make getting friends on board easier.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      Yes, it’s coming along. Just very slowly. I think I first tried SimpleX a year ago? It isn’t quite near where I’d feel comfortable suggesting that my friends and family switch to it, and at this rate, it’ll yet be a while.

      I wish them luck, though.