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by jonas-w 1354 days ago
It is completely decentralized and works like Tor (Onion Routing) while others are centralized or federated.

It is based on the signal messenger, the apps look nearly identical.

And you don't have a phone number or an account login, you just have a long UID that you use like your phone number and a random recovery phrase. It is all about not sending much metadata about you, your phone, etc.