Chat Apps - eviltoast

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

  • LWD@lemm.ee
    4·
    8 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@lemmy.myserv.one
      2·
      8 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).