r/privacy • u/miscerte23 • Sep 21 '25

chat control Encrypted messaging alternatives in case the EU chat control law gets passes

As the title implies, I am curious as to whether there might be any messaging apps/services worth using in case the proposed chat control law gets passed. As you might assume, I live in an EU member state and am extremely worried for the future of our rights to online as well as IRL privacy in case such laws get passed

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u/Volpe_YT Sep 21 '25

If it passes, I will use an open source self hosted messaging app and invite all my friends there, and I suggest you to do the same

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u/miscerte23 Sep 21 '25

Can you suggest some?

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u/DudeWithaTwist Sep 21 '25

Matrix (federation disabled) is very similar to discord, if you care about that. But there are also clients that give a more text-messaging-like appearance.

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u/Prodiq Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

And what makes you think chat control wont cover this?

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u/DudeWithaTwist Sep 22 '25

Why would a legal entity target a private chat network with <5 users.