URL seems to be wrong … here’s the correct URL
cross-posted from: https://merv.news/post/82405
It will be open source, end to end encrypted using Signal’s double ratchet encryption protocol, and he plans to make it easy for fediverse platforms to integrate it. The beta will release later this month.
He’s also the creator of https://fedidb.org btw
If you care about privacy and security, matrix has some glaring flaws. The biggest IMO is not currently encrypting metadata, so who you talk to and when is plaintext. The signal protocol encrypts everything, including the meta data.
How does the server know who to deliver a message to if the metadata is encrypted?
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Sealed sender
I care about privacy and security so much that I don’t let a third-party own my chats, encrypted or not. I’m fine with unencrypted metadata on my server that’s in my own home.
@featured
Better yet, check out simplex chat https://simplex.chat/
It’s the best of all…user friendly as well:)
@min_fapper
@lps
And it appears to have support on @yunohost - So self hosting should be easy 👍
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That’s just privacy, not security.
Isn’t this largely mitigated by running your own homeserver?