Ok so, here I am again asking another question 🙈🙊 But hear me out: I read this post here about, if there even is a good privacy messenger that can be trusted. Someone in the comments mentioned Conversations (a XMPP client for Android). This made me look into XMPP and at the moment I am giving Conversations a try. Reading into XMPP, I couldn’t find a problem security or privacy wise. Also it seems like it does not matter what server I use (atm. we are on 07f.de) since it is all e2e with OMEMO. Am I missing something or is it really this good? And if I dont trust anyone, I could host my one instance of ejabberd, right?

  • delirious_owl@discuss.online
    95·
    2 months ago

    its really really save

    Edit: sorry I misread it as XMR.

    XMPP can be very unsafe. It depends on the client you use. Its best to use a protocol that doesn’t allow unencrypted messages to be sent at all. Like Wire or Signal.

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      2 months ago

      Kinda depends on your threat model too, like if you don’t want your traffic going through the US signal is gonna be a big no no.

    • Cyclohexane
      7·
      2 months ago

      Its best to use a protocol that doesn’t allow unencrypted messages

      This is an implementation thing and not a protocol thing. What protocol doesn’t allow unencrypted messages? I am sure signal’s protocol would still allow it, it’s just that the implementation doesn’t.

      And same for XMPP. Just go with the implementation that doesn’t.