Wire, Threema, or Signal? What am I going to recommend to friends and family on WhatsApp? I leaning towards Wire right now even though I used Threema in the past.
I never tried Threema. But I like Wire better than Signal, though Signal probably looks more familiar to WhatsAss users. ;)
@wion Yeah. My mom picked Threema after giving Signal a try and moved the family chat from WhatsAss to Threema.
oh, Switzerland too. I don't know why, but I like that.
@wion I live in Switzerland and I still don’t understand why everybody else likes that fact. Good PR, I guess. 😀
I meant Threema, not you. ;)
Switz just seems like a beautiful country to me, with the Alps and lakes and all. And it's close, just over the boarder. I'm right by Basel.
@wion Ah. Recently I was surprised to learn that both Threema and Wire are in Switzerland.
@wion But that’s how many use IM these days. IM have replaced email for personal messages everywhere I look and my wife gets messages pages and pages long. https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2017-03-18_Email_is_the_New_Snail_Mail
My mom needs a tablet. I think the phone is part of the problem for her; too small. Though she still writes a lot. lol
But the other problem is she needs someone to set it all up, etc, and I'm on the other side of the globe. My siblings are not much help in that respect.
@wion Yeah, I’ll have to install Threema or a Wire for the other half of the family, too.
@kensanata
Maybe I should try it. My mom seems to struggle with Signal (tech in general). Treats chat apps like email; writes long unbroken passages the length of blog articles.