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by freedomben 1317 days ago
keybase.io has been great, although it's not without its risks either since it was acquired by Zoom. It's still up and seemingly maintained but AFAIK there's no new feature work.

I've heard WhatsApp recommended from people I trust, but I have never personally used it so can't speak from experience.
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seized 1317 days ago
A lot of people moved to Signal because of WhatsApps changes so that advice can thought of as misleading at best.

Your suggested alternatives are owned by Zoom and Facebook. I'll stick with Signal.

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calgoo 1317 days ago
The legal team at the company I work for are suggesting to remove keybase and treat it as compromised as there is no way of knowing of keys and other data has not been shared with the Chinese government. No proof at all of course, just the world we live in I guess :)
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happymellon 1317 days ago
As a Facebook owned app, I don't trust WhatsApp.

All of them being tied to a phone number is bad form.

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gort19 1317 days ago
WhatsApp seems like a non-starter based on this list of complaints. It’s hard to imagine someone who doesn’t trust Moxie, but does trust Zuck.
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L3viathan 1317 days ago
> keybase.io has been great

> Crypto thing they attempted

well...

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