MetaAI is currently the only game in town for WhatsApp users.
We've notified Meta of possible interim measures to reverse exclusion of third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp.
In Europe, dominant tech companies cannot be allowed to abuse their market power for unfair advantage.
ℹ️ link.europa.eu/MkBYfR
#WhatsAppAlternatives #METABoycott #USAboycott
European privacy-friendly options, I’m not an expert. What do you think about these? Did I miss anything?
🏆️️️️ SESSION 🇨🇭*
Focus on high anonymity.
Decentralized network , easy to use.
No phone, ID or email required.
FREE
🎖️ SIMPLEX 🇬🇧 *
Focus on maximum privacy
No user IDs or phone numbers required. Looks bit more complex. FREE
🎖️DELTA CHAT 🇩🇪 *
Super easy to use, user can open an account just with a nick name. No user IDs or phone numbers required.
Uses mail protocol, some have security concerns. FREE
🎖️ THREEMA 🇨🇭**
Very popular in Germany
Uses anonymous 8-digit Threema ID. Proprietary code (but audited)
1 time 5€
ELEMENT X/MATRIX 🇬🇧 *
Federated. Communicate with anyone using Matrix protocol. Complex for the general public, some have bridge safety concerns. FREE
SIGNAL 🇺🇸 🚫 **
It's 🇺🇸 & requires a Phone N. Metadata concerns.FREE
*Open Source
**Hybrid OS 50%-50%Proprietary
Comparison by
https://eylenburg.github.io/im_comparison.htm
@anon_4601 @EUCommission Why did you mark Signal as 50% proprietary?
Oops, you're totally right! It was definitely a brain glitch on my end. 😅
My brain probably just rebelled and refused to mark it as open source... lol.
I guess because we often discuss how the service is centralized, owned by the US foundation, and relies heavily on Amazon (AWS) and Google infrastructure to run its servers, which contradicts the goal of true digital independence, I got mixed up...
But it is true: the client code is 100% Open Source. You're right and I'm correcting my post immediately!
Thanks again
@anon_4601 @EUCommission IIRC Signal server code is also open-source (which is why there were some Signal forks). They even do some trusted execution stuff, supposedly allowing people to verify that their servers run the same code as published in their repo. They just don't support you using your own server with mainstream Signal.
