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Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now that most of my friends and family are using it, I'm on Briar Messaging every day. Since there are no central servers, is entirely encrypted, and runs on the Tor network, I think it is probably the most secure messaging platform out there. It also has private groups and forums but I am not yet involved in any of those outside of a couple of small ones that are just for sharing family news.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Briar is really cool. Sadly, I don't know anyone who uses it and it's not on ios

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

There is a desktop app. I am hopeful with EU cracking down on Apple will eventually result in Briar becoming available on that platform. I am working on an idea to connect people on Briar for use of the private groups and forums so you might check back with me in a few weeks to see where that's at.