Here’s Matrix CEOs answer to this article: https://lobste.rs/c/jekh0n – according to him the article is absurd amounts of FUD
Here’s Matrix CEOs answer to this article: https://lobste.rs/c/jekh0n – according to him the article is absurd amounts of FUD
Fuck… Is there an alternative? Can’t use telegram cus banned, won’t use signal because usa and for a while they got very buddy-buddy with the zucc, matrix requires me hosting and it isn’t exactly private… So what’s left?
Well… Matrix. I don’t think it requires self-hosting? It’s E2EE and there are plenty of public servers.
Honestly, I get why one would be discouraged by signal, but as long as your threat model is not “NSA and mossad have a price on my head”, I think it is still the best non-federated alternative. I’d rather take a flawed messenger with well regarded encryption than a beta version that nobody with time and crypto knowledge ever looked at.
I’ve been using Keet for a couple of months now, really like it. Still in beta, but you can ask questions to the devs in the open chat rooms and they actually give you sound answers
Also there’s Jami which looks good, but haven’t tested it
XMPP? The clients not supporting things can suck, but it’s worked well for me.
That last part is the “problem”, I just need something to text and send memes and files, but convincing the people around me to leave animations and stickers behind would be impossible.
The write-up I’m referencing has some at the end. Maybe Delta chat?
It is forkable if necessary. I do think SimpleX is a great piece of software that shouldn’t be reinvented because of the founder.
why does matrix require you self hosting? There’s a bunch of free open-signup servers available