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   Hello Wilfred!   
      
   ** On Tuesday 29.12.20 - 21:12, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>> Anyone here have experience or comments on using the Signal   
    AA>> app?   
      
    WvV> I have it on my phone, but hardly ever use it, because very   
    WvV> few people I know also have it. And when you do want to   
    WvV> send them a message they also have whatsapp, and you don't   
    WvV> remember they also have signal...   
      
   WhatsApp is owned by FB now, isn't it?  If so, I'd drop it.   
      
   It also seems that the user environment is so saturated with     
   alternate/similar choices that people either don't care or don't     
   want to change from what they are current using to connect to     
   their existing list of contacts.   
      
   And then there is the matter of privacy.  Nobody seems to care -     
   unless of course their email accounts get hacked or their private     
   pics are somehow copied all over the internet.   
      
   I have roped in one family friend onto Telegram.  We both feel it     
   is a better platform than FB's messenger that clearly has a     
   reputation that it monitors content. We have never had a "live"     
   chat between us (our online schedules are so different) so     
   Telegram's private/live chat and its exploding message feature     
   has never been tested. But Signal sounds better.   
      
   Does Signal have a desktop app similar to what Telegram offers?     
   (I wouldn't ask that if I had internet access at this time. But I     
   have to wait until Jan 4 to get my mobile data back, or I have to     
   wait until I can connect to the DSL at my shop tomorrow morning     
   even to send this.)   
      
   I like Telegram's offerings across ALL devices, especially the     
   desktop. The desktop version permits much better editing     
   performance.   
      
   I have had some extended personal exchanges on FB Messenger     
   *before* I realized that it would probably be good to not     
   continue and share info that way.   
      
      
    AA>> It boasts having end-to-end encryption.   
      
    WvV> That's why I installed it.   
      
   Telegram has the same claim (now) doesn't it?   
      
      
    WvV> And then there also is 'Wire' messenger, which is supposed   
    WvV> to be also pretty good regarding privacy, but I use it even   
    WvV> less...   
      
   Never heard of Wire.  I'm a bit curious.  I will have to try and     
   remember to research that - after Jan 4 ofcourse.  :(   
      
      
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