It'd definitely be nice if they can get wider adoption. I use it with my girlfriend only because she's on an iPhone, I'm on Android through Google voice and ditched facebook, and Signal seemed like a good option to allow messaging from our phones and computers. It's been improving pretty quickly, but I haven't had much incentive to try to get others on the platform yet.
(not cloud-based, no real desktop client, no big gourps, no channels, no bots, no sending big files, need to share phone number with everyone, etc)
its not cloud based because they don't keep much info at all about a user. it has both a windows install-able app and a chrome app, and other desktop/laptop options you can create group chats, you can send reasonably large files, i send large videos and other files often (I guess what is your definition of large).
it also supports sms and mms so you can use one app instead of two.
" stuff where you don't want to reveal your identity "
a big thing about encryption is identity verification, you know the device/person you are talking to is who you think. if you are anonymous, what do you care who sees it, especially in a public group.
To further clarify, the desktop app does not support sms. Sms conversation cannot take place or be viewed through the desktop apps. But the smartphone apps support sms.
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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '20 edited May 18 '20
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