bachalxyz@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWickr alternativesmessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareWickr alternativesbachalxyz@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
Unfortunately the Wickrme app is no longer available as of 31/12/2023. Does anyone have any recommended alternatives?
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-210 months agoDidn’t Amazon buy wikr a couple years ago anyways? That’s when I deleted it. Signal. EDIT: as pointed out by LWD, op is likely just starting conversation to have another account recommend spyware, WireMin. Like he did in this thread’s comments: https://lemmy.world/comment/6346585 and I found on another post: https://lemmy.world/comment/6032047
minus-squareLemmyHead@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoMolly as hardened signal alternative
minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoYes, they have been shit for years, with Amazon buying them, CBP using them in defiance of FOIA laws. https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ammn/customs-border-protection-wickr-dhs Use SimpleX Chat instead
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoAnd before Amazon bought it, it was owned in part by Eric Prince, a POS in his own right. Really, there was no point at which Wickr was known for being anything but bad, so good riddance to bad software.
Didn’t Amazon buy wikr a couple years ago anyways? That’s when I deleted it. Signal.
EDIT: as pointed out by LWD, op is likely just starting conversation to have another account recommend spyware, WireMin. Like he did in this thread’s comments: https://lemmy.world/comment/6346585 and I found on another post: https://lemmy.world/comment/6032047
Molly as hardened signal alternative
Yes, they have been shit for years, with Amazon buying them, CBP using them in defiance of FOIA laws.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ammn/customs-border-protection-wickr-dhs
Use SimpleX Chat instead
And before Amazon bought it, it was owned in part by Eric Prince, a POS in his own right. Really, there was no point at which Wickr was known for being anything but bad, so good riddance to bad software.
Woa yea fuck that guy