Do you prefer XMPP or Matrix, or are you using something else entirely?

  • marcie (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    12 hours ago

    yeah i hope matrix just fixes things up to make the experience smoother. seems to be taking them forever. it not being on by default is a nonstarter im not going to explain to my non tech friends how to encrypt their messages. this is basically the only real reason why signal is so great, its easy and preset out of the box. simplex seems good too and is making more progress than matrix it seems, idk how many users it can have in one chat though

    • sakuraba@lemmy.ml
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      12 hours ago

      signal is similar, the moment your friend loses their signal enc key and try to login again they will lose their chat history (same as matrix)

      it’s a limitation due to the nature of E2EE

      in my case while I care for E2EE, it is not enough to trust signal servers with my metadata and its the same for matrix. XMPP looks like a good balance between owning the server, controlling how to federate and choosing what to encrypt