ray@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 years agoSignal says it will shut down in UK over Online Safety Billwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareParanoid Factoid@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoWe’re better off with Matrix anyway.
minus-squareAhri boy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoElement and the Matrix team might move out of the UK if the legislation is passed
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoIt’s expected, but I’d be sorry for them. To move the company and the people would require big expenses.
minus-squareRara@mastodon.ielinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years ago@zakiuem @ParanoidFactoid wow. I figured that’d be the case, but it just goes to show how catastrophic this legislation is
minus-squarefederico3@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 years agoNot really. Signal is a walled garden but Matrix has a lot of a privacy issues.
minus-squarejabberati@community.xmpp.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoWhy not the internet standard XMPP? We need more standardization in instant messaging not more venture capital funded startups cooking up their own protocols.
minus-squarejabberati@community.xmpp.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoYes. The most popular encryption method is probably OMEMO nowadays (the Signal encryption protocol for XMPP).
We’re better off with Matrix anyway.
Element and the Matrix team might move out of the UK if the legislation is passed
It’s expected, but I’d be sorry for them. To move the company and the people would require big expenses.
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@zakiuem @ParanoidFactoid wow. I figured that’d be the case, but it just goes to show how catastrophic this legislation is
Not really. Signal is a walled garden but Matrix has a lot of a privacy issues.
Why not the internet standard XMPP? We need more standardization in instant messaging not more venture capital funded startups cooking up their own protocols.
is XMPP end2end encrypted?
Yes. The most popular encryption method is probably OMEMO nowadays (the Signal encryption protocol for XMPP).
I’ll stick with Matrix.