Link to article from main Lemmy❤️ developer about Signal privacy. Mostly fair points. I kinda distrust so centralized services but basically we have no other options (Matrix is buggy in many aspects). What can you say about this article?

  •  elouboub   ( @elouboub@kbin.social ) 
    10•1 year ago

    I’m just waiting for the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), that requires interoperability between protocols (messenger, whatsapp, that apple thing, signal, matrix, etc., to kick in. Once that happens, I’ll take a closer look at matrix.

    Matrix is also being rewritten in Go and one day, they’ll hopefully support decentralised identities (aka your identity isn’t tied to a server). When both are implemented, I think they’ll be superior to many things out there.

    As to the article: yawn. Proof is lacking everywhere and the “it requires a telephone number” argument just keeps cropping up. Without a telephone number, what is the best way to discover your friends and family on a new network? If someone can respond with a viable alternative that doesn’t involve sending a message to everybody over some insecure medium, I’m all ears.

    •  mb_   ( @mb_@lemmy.ml ) 
      2•1 year ago

      As much as I love and follow matrix closely, I can’t fully trust developers who aren’t capable of deploying SSO in their product (look at dendrite mess). Unfortunately, following their SSO ticket chain was a mess and disappointment.