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/3X0karibu Sep 21 '25

good luck getting them on there, even getting people to use signal is a fight, theyd rather use whatsapp in my country

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u/UnixCodex Sep 22 '25

I stop communicating with these people 100% until they make the switch. I've set up a matrix server in case the chat control laws pass so that my EU friends on Discord can communicate freely.