Instead of whatsapp, fb messenger, imessage, go for skred
Home - Skred, the first secured messaging app allowing total freedom
So i was on reddit and noticed skred was mentioned. I never heard of it and gave it a try.Its French. It has some nice features. Does not use a phonenumber.
Give it a try.
Use https://lemmy.ml/c/simplex https://simplex.chat/ European (minority US VC), OpenSource, most secure and not centralized and multiple Profiles, routing over multiple servers Its what skred aims to be: "you don’t need any email address or phone number to use it. Skred is open. No subscription is necessary, there’s no operator, no SIM card and no tracking." https://simplex.chat/
Comparing to SimpleX, Skred is operating without servers for exchanging messages via the WebRTC protocol. A signaling server is used to send pushes to devices which will be able to established a peer-to-peer connection and do their stuffs ^^
So it cant recieve messages if your chat partner went offline after sending it while you were offline?
You are right. Both partners needs to be online at the same time. That's why the sender will provoke a push that will wake up the recipient when it becomes online. This recipient will in turn cause a push that will wake the sender and then the connection will be established. Usage of WebRTC is explained here: https://www.skred.app/skred-peer-to-peer-secure-communications-using-webrtc/
I tried it, but it is quite heavy on the battery ...
Was that with constant notifcations or 10 min intervals?
Constant