because it requires a phone number

Yes, fair criticism.

They’re based in the USA

Sure, but the way the protocol and servers work there is no metadata etc unlike Matrix and XMPP, so nothing to hand over.

contain proprietary blobs

This is probably true of the version from the play store, desktop and maybe iOS version. However the apk from Signal’s site on android might not, I am unsure.

Molly is the fork I’d recommend instead

Sadly Molly is only available on Android, so that leaves out iOS and Desktop users.

it runs local on your phone, and if deleted from the phone, your account is deleted too.

This is categorically false. The accounts exist on servers for both Matrix and XMPP and hold the messages for them, so no in fact no accounts etc get deleted if you delete the app. You actually have to delete the accounts from the app first.

Building? It has been around for a long time, especially to poc.

Oh dear, another thing to worry about.

We would not recommend Matrix, there are both many fascists on it and they didn’t fix a security vulnerability with their encryption for years that they knew about. Also if you must use Matrix don’t use fluffychat as it doesn’t have the encryption fix yet.

Signal is a better choice for privacy as everything is encrypted by default and it has both the audits and legal testing to prove its safety and code. Something which no other messenger we have seen can honestly say.

Thanks for letting us know!

Okay, how do we co-habitate or share finances when we’re both from different countries? This is confusing to us both.

Well, we are both from different countries so sharing finances for anything is difficult and we’re both relatively poor.

Well, we did look up on this page and it seemed to indicate requiring the marriage to be ‘consummated’ and other things we don’t do nor want to.

Noooo, our precious stealth!

checks date

Oh, are we safe now or does it end tomorrow?

Equally though being a real man/woman/person etc is equally as bad and weird if you think about it.

As if any single activity makes you a real anything and not just that you are anyway.

Also it feels like manipulation from the opposite direction to us.

Thanks for the advice!

Thank you. We will contact them to make sure but you are likely correct.

Thank you very much!

Sure, just letting you know. No worries.

Discord has e2ee in its voice and video calls now based on MLS, so if that is all you use it for then that would be plenty secure.

Okay, usually the problem with condoms is they contain a milk protein called casein which makes them not vegan (and smell awful ioe).

Will do, thanks!

None of those seem to indicate anything about latex free protection. In fact most clearly state they contain latex.

This doesn’t say anything about being vegan specifically though? Can you confirm it is?

This doesn’t say anything about being vegan specifically though? Can you confirm it is?

We appreciate such a detailed reply.

We will respond more fully soon.