TheDarrenator on Nostr: I feel your pain, man. I think all privacy nuts go through this. Fortunately, I have ...
I feel your pain, man. I think all privacy nuts go through this.
Fortunately, I have my wife and brother on XMPP, and my mom on Signal. And about three friends on Signal. That's it. Most ignore my suggestions and requests to use something else.
It's frustrating when there is a choice, and people deliberately choose non-privacy. That's so weird -- but they think I'm the weird one.
I don't see why they can't just SMS text everyone else, but still also have Signal or the like available. Who doesn't have more apps than they absolutely need? My phone (and computer) has Signal, SimpleX, Session, XMPP, and Element (Matrix). It's not a problem, so why can't someone else have one extra app?
My wife really doesn't care. She texts and posts on Facebook, but she accommodates my wishes when communicating with me while I'm away at work. (Besides, you can't beat XMPP for lightweight speed. That's helpful in my case because I get very poor data reception where I work.)
Maybe other people think using tools that feature privacy is a way to be "sneaky," or something only bad-guy creepos would use. And I've heard many say "I have nothing to hide" or "I'm afraid my conversation aren't that interesting to anyone else."
Yet none of them let me have the passwords for their phone, computer, or email account! Go figure.
Fortunately, I have my wife and brother on XMPP, and my mom on Signal. And about three friends on Signal. That's it. Most ignore my suggestions and requests to use something else.
It's frustrating when there is a choice, and people deliberately choose non-privacy. That's so weird -- but they think I'm the weird one.
I don't see why they can't just SMS text everyone else, but still also have Signal or the like available. Who doesn't have more apps than they absolutely need? My phone (and computer) has Signal, SimpleX, Session, XMPP, and Element (Matrix). It's not a problem, so why can't someone else have one extra app?
My wife really doesn't care. She texts and posts on Facebook, but she accommodates my wishes when communicating with me while I'm away at work. (Besides, you can't beat XMPP for lightweight speed. That's helpful in my case because I get very poor data reception where I work.)
Maybe other people think using tools that feature privacy is a way to be "sneaky," or something only bad-guy creepos would use. And I've heard many say "I have nothing to hide" or "I'm afraid my conversation aren't that interesting to anyone else."
Yet none of them let me have the passwords for their phone, computer, or email account! Go figure.