No it isn’t to get them on simplex. That’s the tradeoff. Signal is very easy to onboard normies to. And it’s pretty good and secure. The CEO is based. The only problem is you need a phone number to make an account. But after you make the account, you can hide your phone number in the settings and connect using usernames only. Simplex is a little buggy and it’s newer so hasn’t been tested completely. For normies, I’d still say signal is the best choice and is a huge improvement over iMessage, WhatsApp, or messenger.
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That makes sense. I have been using signal and it has been pretty easy to get others on there. People seem to be aware that WhatsApp and the like are spying on them. This question came up because the men's group I started is using signal currently and I am wondering if it is a good long term solution.
I think signal is great. There are interviews of government puppets pressuring the CEO to give backdoor access to signal user data and she pushes back consistently. She’s handling the pressure well and I believe she has stated she’d remove her app from certain countries before compromising user accounts.