'Matrix' Network Hits 60 Million Users, Improving the Demand for Decentralized Communication - It's FOSS News
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Matrix is looking strong against the fight with Big Tech companies for a secure, open, and privacy-friendly communication platform.

Not sure why Signal gets all the attention when Matrix is much more successful at spreading open source messaging and is also decentralized.

  • thervingiOP
    22·
    2 years ago

    Why do you think WhatsApp has E2EE? It’s a closed source app. There is nothing preventing Facebook from grabbing your keys.

    • @noc.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      @thervingi
      Probably the fact that if news slipped out, it would have been (one of) the biggest scandles facebook has ever done, and I dont personally think its worth the risk for them.

      • thervingiOP
        13·
        2 years ago

        That’s what NDA’s are for :) Facebook got away with a lot worse.

        Also it might not be Facebook’s decision. It takes one national security letter from the FISA court to force them.

    • sexy_peach@feddit.de
      41·
      2 years ago

      on Telegram they wouldn’t even have to grab your keys, they can just run data collection on all their users unnoticed, without breaking any promises.

      • thervingiOP
        24·
        2 years ago

        I don’t get this Telegram hate. Why prefer Facebook over something that supports Linux and has open source clients.

              • thervingiOP
                2·
                2 years ago

                Facebook says WhatsApp is end to end encrypted, but give me one reason to believe anything Facebook says. Unless you show me code, I can assume it’s not.

                  • thervingiOP
                    1·
                    2 years ago

                    I seriously don’t understand this. You prefer Facebook’s closed source app over something open source? It’s Facebook!