I know that Signal is the normie tier "privacy" app, but it's a nonstarter for me because it requires a phone number. I've been using SimpleX, but for some reason my messages are taking forever to get through. I think it's an issue with their servers. Regardless, I need a privacy oriented app that actually works. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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Hmm, You got the matrix eco system (but to fair I have not used that for years so not kept up to date on it security) and since it is a decentralised system I'm unsure if it is what you are looking for since most central system wants to have a phone number.
I'll look into that. Do decentralized systems require both people to be online at the same time? That was the nice thing about SimpleX servers. They would hold messages until the receiving device came online.
Not quite, it just require the home server to be online and then able to communicate with the other home server. You could sign up to someone else home server instead of setting up your own, Instructions for joining other home server this would work similar to how SimpleX and other works from a user perspective (ofc that means to some extent you need to trust that server).
If you go the extra mile and setup your own then atm there is only one know stable server see Instructions for setting up your own server.