I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

  • LWD@lemm.ee
    4·
    9 months ago

    Kind of ironic considering that with Matrix…

    • Forward secrecy is kinda hosed
    • they store metadata permanently on their servers by design
    • A ton of stuff that would otherwise be invisible and signal is visible in your Matrix homeserver, including permanent history of all group membership
    • Your data does not belong to you, and that’s how the server is built to treat it, e.g.
    • GDPR deletion is nonexistent (it won’t delete your username or your messages, making it less effective than on Discord, let alone Signal)

    … Etc.

    Ironically, older federated messaging systems like XMPP might be better by coincidence. Message archiving was an optional addition and some servers, such as the popular Riseup one, do not implement it.

    • JohnDoe
      2·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, fair. It can’t delete your messages to the extent a centralized system, and that’s an indication of the lack of centralized control? It’s a different threat model I think many find satisfying (though perhaps not most).

      • LWD@lemm.ee
        2·
        9 months ago

        All those points are about how one server communicates with itself. Federation doesn’t factor into it

        • JohnDoe
          1·
          8 months ago

          huh, yeah that’s fair i did not actually notice that :/