Why are reproducible builds only on one platform (Android)? Desktop version could have a built-in backdoor and data would be transferred not from the phone, but from the PC)

    • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.net
      9·
      1 year ago

      This is the answer.

      Matrix needs to make it easier to expire or delete messages from the server, but other than that it’s doing a lot of the stuff Signal should’ve been doing years ago. Easy to use multiple devices, easy to get messages on multiple devices, keep chat history in sync, no reliance on phone numbers for identity or single identity servers, good working federation / ability to set up private hosted groups, etc.

      • lemillionsocks@beehaw.org
        3·
        1 year ago

        I mean lets be real. The signal gang comes out in full force online whenever this questions are asked but everyone is using whatsapp, facebook messenger, or telegram or something.

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Nope. Matrix works with bridges (connections to other services). So via Element (the app for Matrix), I send/receive my messages for Signal, IRC, Discord, WhatsApp, and of course native Matrix users all from one place.

        My matrix server is private, but it’s built for federated chat, much like Lemmy.

        • Pantherina@feddit.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yes I know but your messages end up on their phones with Signal or the other messengers on them. Awesome server, no idea how to do that, but in the end your messages end up on thede messengers, so it protects you from using that spyware, and gives the messengers weird data they dont know, but in the end they would need to switch to Matrix

    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
      0·
      1 year ago

      I’d rather use XMPP. Synapse is bloated AF (to the point I am probably unable to run it at all on my remaining 0.5 gig RAM). There are alternative ones, but I find Prosody much less hassle. It eats 25 MB with two users and is easier to manage.