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SimpleX Chat > all? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by danileonis@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A genuine discussion about the best FLOSS decentralized system to share poop emojis and videocall your dog.

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[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I did a bit of research for my personal use and what came out as the best options in 2023 are indeed SimpleX and Briar. What do you think of the latter?

[–] danileonis@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The last time I tried Briar felt more of an emergency scenario pick then a comfortable one, it can do videocalls right now? Valid project btw.

[–] astramist@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems that's true. Text-only communication in Briar is built by design. I see this from its communication scheme. I don't think any other message options will come up. So I am also on it in case of the Internet outage. Besides, you can chat properly only when you and your contact are both online. Not a very handy option for daily use.

So SimpleX.Chat for privacy and Matrix for public groups.

[–] danileonis@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Looks like they have 'public groups' in their roadmap: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#roadmap

[–] astramist@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Matrix's groups have an important difference from SimpleX. Even if the primary server is gone, the related servers will still have the copies.

[–] opt9@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

Briar is secure and private and works reliable. However it eats a lot of battery and no audio or video.