“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”
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I would just use XMPP, but it’s not easy to use for people without technical knowledge.
Just jumping in to provide info for anybody interested who maybe hasn’t heard of it: XMPP is a secure messaging protocol, not an app in and of itself. Easiest way to use it IMO is via the Android app “Conversations” (don’t know IOS equivalent), which will require you to sign up for an XMPP act, or sign in with an account hosted on any XMPP server instance (kinda like Lemmy).
You can only message other XMPP users normally, but there is an additional (paid) service called JMP that lets you register a new anonymous, REAL phone number to your XMPP account.