BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 年前France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternativeswww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldprivacy@programming.dev
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkFrance bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternativeswww.politico.euBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 年前message-square16fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldprivacy@programming.dev
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minus-squareBrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 年前Matrix is not the best encrypted messenger, it’s more focused around public groups with E2EE being an optional feature as that doesn’t work with most bridges, which is the selling feature of Matrix.
minus-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 年前But they could host it locally, right? And E2EE is available?
minus-squareBrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 年前Yes and yes. But Matrix falls under the same group as WhatsApp and Signal, it’s UK not French based.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 年前However, Matrix as a service isn’t reliant on a parent company’s servers like WhatsApp and Signal are.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 年前They are already doing that https://element.io/case-studies/tchap
Time for them to run a matrix server?
Matrix is not the best encrypted messenger, it’s more focused around public groups with E2EE being an optional feature as that doesn’t work with most bridges, which is the selling feature of Matrix.
But they could host it locally, right? And E2EE is available?
Yes and yes. But Matrix falls under the same group as WhatsApp and Signal, it’s UK not French based.
However, Matrix as a service isn’t reliant on a parent company’s servers like WhatsApp and Signal are.
They are already doing that
https://element.io/case-studies/tchap