A Tough Decision
21 July 2025
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During the 204 days since being deeply hurt by the extensive censorship and surveillance of unencrypted communications, I have never escaped the overwhelming sense of agony and struggle.
Despite the widespread promotion of XMPP, Matrix, Delta Chat, Telegram, SimpleX, and other end-to-end encrypted libre software communication tools among my friends, my communication with several important friends of mine still relies heavily on unencrypted SMS/MMS and unencrypted emails.
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