I hate WhatsApp, but I am forced to occasionally use it for work and interact with businesses. Years ago, I decided to stop sharing my contacts with WhatsApp to limit the amount of data they got from me. That used to mea…

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      15 hours ago

      P2P video calls are in the works for delta chat, currently experimental but soon just as polished as the rest of the ux

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        11 hours ago

        Delta chat? The IM program built on email?
        It’s pretty pointless imo when there are no proper email provider let alone any free ones

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          Chatmail servers (stripped down email servers that run faster than traditional mail servers and allow only encrypted email, basically eliminating spam) are free to use. You don’t need to use a traditional email provider and delta chat devs encourage chatmail servers instead. (By default you are onboarded on a chatmail server)

          These still use the email protocol, making them hard to block by govs, but act more like relays as they only store the messages while in transit.