I’m looking for something to share images and videos between small family group. We use mix of android and apple. Text messages are terrible for images and videos.

We were using telegram, now I want to see what lemmy has to offer. Thank you in advance.

  • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    I just got to know about Delta Chat which sounds fantastic as it basically uses your email but wrapped as chat.

    XMPP and Matrix are other good options too, although these require creating an account (Delta Chat can work with your normal email account).

  • MC_Lovecraft@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Signal was developed with financial backing by the CIA, so do with that information what you will. I use Teleguard which is very similar to Telegram but run out of Switzerland, and with 2-way encryption automatically enabled, unlike signal or telegram.

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, but the response to that first part is “and?”

      Open source, they’ve been audited, and there’s no sign of anything hinky.

      Also, thanks for the teleguard info. Any opinion about features and function for those of us that haven’t run across it before?

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        I just installed teleguard because of this comment.

        It’s run by SwissCows, they claim it’s fully encrypted with the latest/greatest tech, and comply with GDPR (and since they claim to not store user data, it’s pretty simple).

        It’s simplistic in it’s setup (not really a criticism, just a description/observation). This seems to be because (they claim) no data is stored on their servers (messages transit,and are deleted upon delivery).

        If you want to use another device simultaneously, you have to backup one device, then restore it to the new device (backup requires a password). They’ll then have the same history and will remain in sync, I think. So far I haven’t gotten the restore to work because both devices must run the exact same version, and the Windows version isn’t up to date.

        I haven’t found documentation on where the backup is stored, but I suspect the restore process pulls the backup from the first device.

    • Robin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Do you have a source for the CIA backing claim? I can’t find anything substantiated with a quick ddg search.

    • salarua@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Signal was developed with financial backing by the CIA, so do with that information what you will.

      source?

      • john@lemmy.haley.ioEnglish
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        2 months ago

        His ass. This is a conspiracy theory that’s been going around for ages with dubious sources at best.

      • MC_Lovecraft@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        https://www.opentech.fund/news/february-2018-monthly-report/

        It’s not a secret. It’s on their website. Note: the Open Technology Fund is the CIA. Just like Radio Free Asia (or Radio Free X, they’re all CIA-run appendages of the US state department) which the fund grew out of. The US government very often funds technologies and startups that have the potential surveillance applications (among other things) and Signal was one of them. The people calling this a conspiracy theory have no idea what they are talking about, but that’s not uncommon when it comes to Americans and swallowing their own propaganda whole.

        • salarua@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I looked up the Open Technology Fund on Wikipedia and it has no relation to the CIA. well, except that its parent agency (Radio Free Asia) is part of the US government like the CIA is. they don’t seem to work together at all, and they’re under the purview of two different branches of government

          besides, as other commenters have said, they’re open source and they’ve been audited. anyone can build the client themselves (with any potential backdoors removed) and set up their own server. would the CIA allow for that?

    • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Not heard that one before about the cia but let’s say for a moment that is true - Signal is open source so anyone can audit and work with the source code. Also anyone can set up an independent signal server and network.

      And are you maybe confusing Signal with Tor and the CIA with the US Navy?

    • SouthFresh@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Photo/video sharing will undergo re-encoding under some circumstances, like mixed Andoir/iOS groups

      • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 months ago

        How can you even do mixed Android/iOS groups right now from iOS? I keep seeing people refer to that, but before I installed the iOS 18 Beta that added RCS, I tried and non-iMessage “group chats” were essentially just a broadcast list where the recipients just saw it as coming from me.

        • Zangoose@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I think that only happens when one of the phones doesn’t support MMS (which afaik is pretty much just ancient flip phones unless your carrier doesn’t support it for some reason). Otherwise group chats work “fine” but with terrible image/photo quality

  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zoneAkan
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    2 months ago

    Signal is a nice suggestion but is based in the US meaning they could be subpoenaed and legally not allowed to say. It’s unlikely you’d be targeted though, unless you’re a very high-profile person. If you’re concerned about where servers are being run and who by then matrix is a great alternative.