It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized.

I use it with family and friends. Conversations and blabber.im on android and Gajim on Linux. There’s also apps for windows and Apple.

Curious if anyone here use it and why, why not?

EDIT: Doh. In these Lemmy times I forgot federated. Added.

  •  Widget   ( @Widget@kbin.social ) 
    2•1 year ago

    the boss could technically read anything we wrote

    My old work actually ran into some issues because they couldn’t see DMs/private channels.

    Maybe this is a cloud vs. self-hosted thing? It’s been a few years since I’ve worked there though.

    •  floofloof   ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) 
      3•1 year ago

      In an average workplace that seems like a bit of a losing battle to fight since everyone can message each other on personal phones anyway. But I can see it if it’s a workplace that handles sensitive information and restricts the use of personal devices.

      My workplace went remote-only. So they don’t really stand a chance of preventing us messaging each other on our personal devices. I do try to keep the work machine separate though.