cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/privacy/p/1774168/what-is-the-best-private-messaging-app

Hello i am looking for a private messaging app to chat with my family, What would be the best option to use I want it to be decentralized, user-friendly and have good and secure E2EE, must be free as in beer and open source, I have used matrix and didn’t like it because of encryption issues, I am currently using XMPP but I am having issues with image uploads and image downloads, I am considering deltachat and it seems to be the best option, if anyone has any suggestion that is better i would appreciate it.
EDIT: i tried out all the recommndations and simplex was both the best for me and my family liked the UX more than the other ones

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
    4·
    18 days ago

    Since you’ve said that Signal won’t work for your specific geographic location, perhaps you should give SimpleX a try. There’s some controversy about them introducing cryptomining to support their development or something, but it’s still my backup option if Signal gets taken down.

    Also, you don’t need a phone number to sign up, and it was almost as easy to get going as Signal, so it should be doable for most non-techy people.