Looking for a good secure chat alternative?
Make an account at https://dismail.de and get yourself a good XMPP chat client.
Make sure to get one that can use OMEMO encryption, which Dismail supports. I like Conversations on n Android. ChatSecure is recommended for iOS.
Several of us have already migrated there from Wire. It's extremely responsive.
I previously posted about Dismail as a free encrypted email provider, which is included with your XMPP chat account.
^ Keep in mind that Dismail is a one-man operation. If that makes you uneasy, here are some other privacy-focused XMPP providers.
If you want to talk to those of us who are doing this already, you want a server that does OMEMO encryption, because that is what the private chat I set up is using.
https://hacker10.com/computer-security/the-best-xmppjabber-servers-for-anonymous-chat/
You can hit me up at my XMPP address listed in my profile and I'll add you to our private chat.
You can also do public chats, which are non-encrypted, but that kind of defeats the purpose of doing this in the first place.
Here is more info on OMEMO encryption:
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ok what is it with people and including the acronym in the acronym.
OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption
Why. Why not MEMOE. why.
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I'll have to look into this, thanks :)
@evistre
I believe it all started with...
GNU
The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix.” “GNU” is pronounced g'noo, as one syllable,
@corlin indeed :) i remember WINE as well, super confusing
^ Bumping this in light of today's news about Signal.
FTR, I'm not advocating that the above solution is The Way. It is just "a" way that happens to work, and one I believe is more trustworthy and anonymous than other alternatives.
Decentralized, time-tested protocols with modern encryption are a Good Thing.