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I am looking for my next smart phone.

It seems like I will choose between a Fairphone 6 or Nothing 3 (or any other phone) How do these phones compare?

Usually when alternatives for messaging apps are recommended it's Signal, Threema or Element but all of them still seem to have small inconveniences (Signal is American, Threema isn't free and Element just seems too complicated).

Today I stumbled upon Delta Chat for the first time and it seems to be the ideal solution. It's european, free, open-source, decentralised, usable on almost any device and privacy focused. But the fact that I've never heard about it before makes me hesitant.

Has anyone of you used it and can share their experience?

Edit: Here's a link to their official website: https://delta.chat/en/

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52471022

I know most people here are US, but I wanted to ask if anyone had experience with wero-wallet.eu?

On the grounds of sovereignty, it's exiting. But it's already made so many wrong turns in terms of independence.

• The app is only available in first-party app stores. Not even a closed-source direct download on their website.
• It's fully in play integrity/Apples keychain. With no statements about alternatives.
• They have openly announced that they treat custom-roms as rooting/jailbreaking and deem it unacceptably unsafe for running the app.
• This will probably keep being the blanket statement it always is. Doubt even Graphene with it's attestation will be accepted. And for some reason non-mobile clients are of course out-of-scope.

I wish there was at least a clear reasoning for what's safe/unsafe in this context. My fiat bank is blocking rooted devices, but for now tolerates all custom roms without relying on integrity API or a Google account if you don't try to use GPay. To my knowledge Paypal is completely ignorant about the runtime environment with no checks whatsoever. All the while, Wero seems to actively grasp for straws on reasons why you can't use it on any given phone. They even have special requirements for running on older devices (<A10).

The hope is that this guide and website can act as a simple way to introduce newcomers - whether it's you, friends or family - into this space and try something else besides the default options.

There is also a community-driven, open-source site ( https://purchasewithpurpose.eu/category/email/ ) that aims to make this even easier. This includes screenshots, ratings and a larger feature list.

I've also started tracking impact to help keep the momentum. If there are any other stats, please share them so I can add them to the guides and, eventually, the website.

As always, I more than welcome criticism and ideas!

🔗 Source: Sharknoon (Reddit)

I was looking for an alternative for PayPal and quickly stumbled upon Wero. But unfortunately Wero isn't yet acceppted by all countries, banks and online shops. So I built werotracker.eu to keep track of the adoption of Wero.

➡️ Link: https://werotracker.eu/

This dashboard has the following features:

📈 Show adoption stats

🔍 Search for banks and online shops

✅ Filter for countries and support status (supported/announced/unsupported)

💸 See individual payment features (P2P, eCommerce, POS), not every Wero implementation is equal

📱 App availability

I hope this dashboard is helpful to you 😀

The site as well as the data is open-source under the Apache 2.0 License. You can find the source-code here: https://github.com/sharknoon/wero-tracker

If you see an error or your bank is missing, please give us a hint or contribute directly: https://github.com/sharknoon/wero-tracker?tab=readme-ov-file#contribution

Thank you and have fun 🎉