bachalxyz@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWickr alternativesmessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWickr alternativesbachalxyz@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-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-up0·edit-26 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-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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-up0·6 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.