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What is your preferred message app?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

What message app(s) do you use for public vs private life? Our preferrences.

Public: Telegram or Signal, Whatsapp at an *absolute* push.

Private: Wickr and Wire.

We don't use anything that is not entirely encrypted for anything private or personal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It depends on level of trust really so I don't have a clear distinction as you do.

What is wire like ?

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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago

Solihull and Brentwood

Skype, WhattsApp and KIK....Which I'm not keen on. As you can get a message and not know until, you next decide to open the KIK app. (Plus the adverts are a PITA.)

Not used wire or telegram. So keeping a beedy one on this thread.

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

WhatsApp and Telegram.

I started to use Telegram due to privacy, but tbh I think I now prefer it to WhatsApp.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You only need to research Encro chat, Skye ee and anomis to see that anything can be defeated. Whether that is the actual encryption or the server.

For that reason I use Speckled Jim my trusted carrier pigeon. Messages take longer to deliver but they struggle to cell site him in flight ??

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By *ack688Man
over a year ago

abruzzo Italy (and UK)

Signal, telegram and WhatsApp for ‘normal’ stuff, then kik for other stuff and random groups. The ads on kik have become a pain but I’ve used it so much for years that it’s not easy to look at moving to a different platform

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You only need to research Encro chat, Skye ee and anomis to see that anything can be defeated. Whether that is the actual encryption or the server.

For that reason I use Speckled Jim my trusted carrier pigeon. Messages take longer to deliver but they struggle to cell site him in flight ??"

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By *issYeuxBleusWoman
over a year ago

My boudoir - S Wales

WhatsApp or telegram. Telegram preferably.

I used to use kik but it just freezes every time I open the app, and I keep getting “18 year old girls” from Texas asking if I want to see their pics. It’s gone a bit south.

But love the stickers in telegram, they’re proper dirty

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

I like telegram.

WhatsApp when I proper know them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just use whatsapp

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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago

Milton keynes

I just use WhatsApp or kik really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

WhatsApp (mainly) and Kik

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

iMessage….then what’s app. And then telegram.

Kik isn’t as good as others now. *just my opinion.

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

WhatsApp for family, Telegram for Fab. I used to use Wickr and got fed up with the glitching and crashes. Telegram is much better than the other two.

C

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you mean in relation to Fab or just in general?

I like iMessage and WhatsApp. I don’t have Kik, Snapchat etc.

If I like and trust a guy enough, I’ll give him my number in due course, after chatting for a while (on here) and building up a rapport. Chances are, we’d be planning a meet too. If it’s unlikely to get to that point, then I wouldn’t have wanted to chat with him anyway, so Kik would be pointless.

Not sure if that makes sense

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite is Telegram. I tend not to use WhatsApp much other than work but that is only because that is what I’m asked to use.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve never heard of Telegram.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Do you mean in relation to Fab or just in general?

I like iMessage and WhatsApp. I don’t have Kik, Snapchat etc.

If I like and trust a guy enough, I’ll give him my number in due course, after chatting for a while (on here) and building up a rapport. Chances are, we’d be planning a meet too. If it’s unlikely to get to that point, then I wouldn’t have wanted to chat with him anyway, so Kik would be pointless.

Not sure if that makes sense "

This makes perfect sense.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thanks! x

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By *rivervaderMan
over a year ago

bolton


"I’ve never heard of Telegram."

Me either

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

WhatsApp is the only one I use.

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By *ikka554Man
over a year ago

Norwich

WhatsApp (mainly) and Telegram have kik but like others found adds are a pain..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kik for Fab, WhatsApp for family and friends

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Just WhatsApp now. Got rid of Kik last month its just crap haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"WhatsApp (mainly) and Telegram have kik but like others found adds are a pain.. "

They were bought out ages ago. They had issues (I don’t know what) but they were about to discontinue over some privacy issues. 11th hour someone bought them with promises of changing things…they added ads.

*And someone started a thread with useless facts, I could have posted this there, I know.

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By *affron40Woman
over a year ago

manchester

I only have 2 friends on telegram and several friends have me on WhatsApp. Prefer to keep fab to fab unless we are actually friends outside of here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Snap but it’s not something I give out very often

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By *eardedman7Man
over a year ago

Berkshire

Telegram for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whatsapp or Telegram. Kik was good back in the day when it had the video call option and it was ad free, not it’s just an absolute pain in the arse. I like apps where you can voicenote, sometimes due to laziness, sometimes because you can’t convey something properly in a text

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

Telegram if I haven't met them what'sapp if I have.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was kik but it’s dreadful, started using Telegram

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kik is now dreadful. Hate it. Using telegram of late and seems to be good.

I use WhatsApp with people i know and trust.

Snapchat sometimes.

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By *eard_and_the_harlotCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Dumped Kik, it’s absolutely terrible! Notifications are inconsistent, it crashes regularly and the ads are a total pain in the ass, let alone the regular bot messages.

Telegram seems to be better than signal as you can assign a username, so if you don’t want to give out your phone number it’s a great alternative. It works just like WhatsApp.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

I use two paper cups and a piece of string stretched tight. Old school but reliable, no worries about battery going flat...

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By *akeitwet99Man
over a year ago

leeds

Whatsapp

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

I use kik, yes it’s not as good as it was and ads are a pain but it’s fine for what I need it for, I never liked telegram

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I've downloaded Telegram to have a nosey. I think it could be useful as a place to have group chats without giving phone numbers, but I still prefer WhatsApp for personal chats.

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

WhatsApp and messenger for family and close friends

Telegram for fab

Stopped using Kik….. too many glitches

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By *eardedman7Man
over a year ago

Berkshire


"WhatsApp and messenger for family and close friends

Telegram for fab

Stopped using Kik….. too many glitches "

Same

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like it here, anyone trying to get me off a site (any) has almost invariable been a scam of some sort (if I’m asked to use hangouts, it’s an instant block and drop).

The encryption thing is interesting (and a sort of work expertise area) but remember occam’s razor, the simplest hack is the most likely, no one is going to decrypt your message just to see Tits. Far more likely that the person you are talking to isn’t trustworthy rather than the technology

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Wow, so many are actually still using kik even after all the identity theft, data collection (and sale to 3rd parties), and consistently scoring the lowest of any security rating possible.

Telegram groups/rooms are not the safest thing as all the chat/pics are stored unencrypted on their servers. User to user messages are safe because the server does not store a copy of the encryption key. Whatsapp does store a copy so kinda pointless....

It's interesting to see the comments that are basically "I've nothing to hide" when it's not about that. When companies can snoop on your messages it is not a person doing the snooping it is the all mighty `Algorithm`. Unless it is blatantly illegal and the company can get into trouble all they care about is how to sell your data profile.

Yes, technically given enough time and computer recourses, end to end device encryption can be brute force decrypted. The real monetary cost involved is higher than any rewards making it a moot point.

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