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The creator of Pixelfed announced an upcoming encrypted messenger for the fediverse that will work across the fediverse (mastodon.social)
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cross-posted from: https://merv.news/post/82405

It will be open source, end to end encrypted using Signal’s double ratchet encryption protocol, and he plans to make it easy for fediverse platforms to integrate it. The beta will release later this month.

He’s also the creator of https://fedidb.org btw

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If you care about privacy and security, matrix has some glaring flaws. The biggest IMO is not currently encrypting metadata, so who you talk to and when is plaintext. The signal protocol encrypts everything, including the meta data.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How does the server know who to deliver a message to if the metadata is encrypted?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I care about privacy and security so much that I don’t let a third-party own my chats, encrypted or not. I’m fine with unencrypted metadata on my server that’s in my own home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's just privacy, not security.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@featured
Better yet, check out simplex chat https://simplex.chat/
It's the best of all...user friendly as well:)

@min_fapper

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@lps

And it appears to have support on @yunohost - So self hosting should be easy 👍
@featured @min_fapper

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't this largely mitigated by running your own homeserver?