On Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 5:54 AM grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:

GoldBug Messenger is still out there doing really
scammy things too, never audited, never reproducibly
compiled, authors caught lying, censoring users, responding to questions, trolling sensitive lists
to install and use it, etc.

??? What you say about open fabs is incredible, but why are you saying this? Are you sure you meant "goldbug" and not some other messenger?

Goldbug looks a smidge funny but its audit is over 300 pages long, dated 2016, and publicly downloadable at https://sf.net/projects/goldbug/files/bigseven-crypto-audit.pdf . Goldbug is open source and freely auditable by any independent entity.

It is so important to support open source software. So individuals can modify them to their needs, build them to their specifications, and review them freely for anything dangerous.