I still see xmpp users taking a wee on other users though sigh

  • sexy_peach@feddit.de
    32·
    2 years ago

    Imo Signal and xmpp are awesome and Matrix ist pretty cool, all of them are way better than Telegram or Whatsapp though

    • thervingi
      21·
      2 years ago

      I prefer Telegram and Matrix to Signal. Telegram is feature rich and is great for non-techies. Matrix is great for talking with my techie friends.

        • thervingi
          22·
          2 years ago

          Telegram has open source clients and great Linux desktop support. Whatsapp doesn’t have either.

            • thervingi
              2·
              2 years ago

              Does it? How do we know? WhatsApp is closed source, so maybe Facebook is just copying all private keys to their servers?

              • [moved to hexbear]
                1·
                2 years ago

                WhatsApp apparently uses Signal’s encryption protocols and doesn’t store keys remotely but with the amount of unencrypted metadata that gets collected along with the fact that encrypted messages can still be reported to WhatsApp, a lot of the point of the encryption is nullified. You can read their security white paper here if you’re so inclined.

                Still, I’d keep away from any for-profit chat service. Like anything free from a for-profit company, you and your user data are the product, not the product itself.

                • thervingi
                  1·
                  2 years ago

                  The security paper doesn’t mean a thing. Without seeing the code we simply don’t know if Facebook is doing what they say they are doing.