You can contact me on signal. I mean, I probably won't respond. But you can.
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At least i got 3 people to install Signal just for me.
I got family, 2 friends and thats it.
And thats all you need. I also have family, 2 good friends and the rest are acquaintances
As usual with social interactions, it's the network effect.
Sounds like it worked
I love Session messenger as a decentralised solution, but man it sucks how little people want to change their habits
I (maybe a bit forcibly) got all my bands and family to switch to signal. It's not easy but it's possible.
Why do people use signal? It has one centralized server and phone number registration. There are many better alternatives.
Which ones are you thinking of? Out of the options I am aware of, Signal seems to be the most secure, most reliable, and most privacy respecting messaging app in this category.
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Your communications canβt be compromised if you donβt communicate lol
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Supreme privacy. Two can only keep a secret if one of them is dead.
I have two contacts
all the ones I chat to are on Signal but i went through this years ago, every time a contact sent me a txt message i sent a link to Signal and said see you there.
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It is actually useful if you use Signal as an app for one group of people like friends or family because you get a different icon popup when you receive a message and you instantly know who it is from
Yeah I only use Signal for people I actually want to have a direct line to me.
SMS is my "I might answer if I see it" protocol. If someone decides we're close enough for serious chatting, we can do it encrypted. XD
I instantly know who my texts are from because it says their name. π€
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Bruh
It is really handy not sure what the bruh is for. Even for one friend or family group.
Always look on the bright side of life, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo πΆ
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Maybe all your contacts also value their privacy and therefore have not set signal to allow them to be discovered by their phone number
If that's the case, then i would be more happier to get their usernames atleast. But the situation is way worse than that. They are deeply into whatsapp.
Do they have a need to communicate with you?
If so, you can just not install WhatsApp. Smartphones allow them to install multiple communicating apps, so your friends could remember to use signal when talking to you.
Actually, deletion of whatsapp and instagram drastically decreased my friend circle. Now i have more time for myself. I don't think they have a reason to communicate with me. Anyway, am not installing whatsapp anymore.
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I saw my mom's Signal today.. Only me π
My mother in law actually surprised me by asking if the family group chat could switch to signal. I wasnt going to bother her about it because i assumed shed hate it since shes bad with technology. It was a pleasant surprise.
I have friends who refuse to install Signal despite having 10+ friends who I know use it. Big ups to ur mom
I tried to convince my friends and family to switch to Tox 10 years ago. Noone wanted to add contacts by adding public keys.
Shhh signal as ez as it gets
Only reason I managed to get everyone on Signal was because... uhh... Skype shut down. Yes, we used it to the end.