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[–] CDanger 1 points (+1|-0)

"feature"--didn't they end up using some weird shitcoin for this with no possible user benefit rather than some quid quo pro sponsorship deal?

[–] smallpond [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Something like that. I was wondering why they didn't just use Monero.

[–] CDanger 1 points (+1|-0)

Exactly. That would have been the obvious choice if you're really doing this and caring about your user's privacy.

The shenanigans with the closed and centralized server, not releasing client source code for 1+ years, connecting your account with a phone number, and metadata collection make me cautious to use it and find them trustworthy. Better than facebook messenger or something, but it's unfortunate that they are the only decent technical messaging app that you actually would have a chance to use with normies.