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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That blog post was my reason to double down on Matrix.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't know, the GrapheneOS folks say that F-Droid is a potential security catastrophe.

You can find Molly from Accrescent (and apparently also from F-Droid if you must use that), which is not so much a security catastrophe.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And would have FOSS implementations of reference server & client + an openly specified protocol.

Like Matrix.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes, unfortunately that is the current reality. Note also the subtle hints this article points to: if you disagree with any of the tenents of our clique, you're evil. In this case, Matrix uses capitalistic toolsets, which implies it is evil, and you should rather use an unfinished alternative because it's made a by a trans person which is virtuous.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

With a bit of green pesto and chianti.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah... well, it seems to me that Matrix is potentially there. I mean I could install Element X on my parents' phones, set it up with some account and be done with it. It would be as good as signal and whatsapp from an UX perspective. And I could then chat with them with any of the existing dozens of Matrix clients.

The worst problem, if you can call it that, currently is that Signal is good enough.

All in all, I think reading through all these messages makes me feel like doubling down on Matrix. It is currently a very passable IRC, Signal and Slack replacement and the only remaining problem is that those things already exist.

(Discord doesn't need replacing, just destroying)

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well... Matrix. I don't think it requires self-hosting? It's E2EE and there are plenty of public servers.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Here's Matrix CEOs answer to this article: https://lobste.rs/c/jekh0n -- good discussion in that thread in general

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I wouldn’t trust encryption made by anti-vaxer

My understanding of encryption is that the point is that you don't have to trust the people doing it. You just have to trust the security research community that proved that the algorithms/protocols work. Or if you're a hardcore security guy yourself, you can review it yourself.

Also, my understanding of people is that what they seem like is no evidence for what kind of people they really are.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, too bad. That was perhaps too much to ask.

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