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Re: whatsapp/telegram on desktop pc

From	"Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: whatsapp/telegram on desktop pc
Date	2025-03-02 05:55 -0600
Organization	i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID	<op.22r52sgh1svx94@office-pc.attlocal.net> (permalink)
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On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:45:18 -0600, Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 16:25:00 -0600, Allan Higdon wrote :
>
>
>> Another program to add is Session.
>> https://getsession.org/
>
> Thanks. I thought I did my research, but I missed Session completely!
> I'm embarrassed I missed it, but I do very much appreciate your input.
>
> Thanks for finding it.
>  https://getsession.org/download
>  https://getsession.org/windows
>  Name: session-desktop-win-x64-1.14.5.exe
>  Size: 100550776 bytes (95 MiB)
>  SHA256: 5690F49E83C539D816C30CF48E870C8B52D1985802E7B7B7D3E088F998E16B72
>
> Reading up on the open source "Session" software, it seems to focus on
> privacy and anonymity by using a decentralized server network, onion
> routing, E2E encryption, and no phone number or email being required.
>
> It apparently differs from Whatsapp and Signal by anonymizing metadata,
> where the closest apps in my list seems to perhaps be Jitsi & Jami.
>
> It seems the video/voice calling features may be in beta at this moment.
> Is that a decent quick summary from reading the Session web pages?
>

Yes, it is.
Many consider Session the best for privacy.
The main negative is the slow network, so video would be limited.

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