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Javcek Matrix is "an open network for secure, decentralized communication", not an app. Every Matrix-compatible app can use any notification system, including Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) by Google or Its own.
Javcek Matrix is "an open network for secure, decentralized communication", not an app. Every Matrix-compatible app can use any notification system, including Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) by Google or Its own.
Threema's developers downplayed 7 vulnurebilities found by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich: https://www.kaspersky.co.in/blog/7-threema-vulnerabilities/25074/
GrapheneLover
The problem is that XMPP isn't really user friendly at all at a level where normies would ever consider using it. Conversations doesn't have a desktop app, for example.
Javcek Session is pretty decent but has some bugs. I use it occasionally but the biggest issue for any secure messaging platform is if I only have one or two contacts on it and everyone else I talk with can't be bothered to use it, there's little value. I use signal, session and even whatsapp, they have their own strengths and weaknesses but are all far superior to sms.
I like signal, it has a larger user base, a low barrier for entry and despite a lot of concern about having to provide a phone number, is quite secure.
GrapheneLover
Agreed, xmpp is great.
Javcek Yep
My family and I have been using Session for a year or so.
All in all, we prefer Signal, for fewer annoying things, but like the onion routing and the no phone number requirement of Session.
However, I will try Session again. It doesn't require any registration and that's what I care about most. It doesn't make it a problem for me to set up an account on Matrix but for my family members it would be an added inconvenience.
Javcek set it up for them, all they have to do is use it. No excuse.
I have set up a matrix server to use with my family. It runs great !
Which Matrix client are you using?
I like the approach Snikket is taking. It's not reinventing the wheel. XMPP, which is very well tested, robust, lightweight and has proven it can be extended for new usages as the world evolves throughout the years. With OMEMO for robust, secure and private E2EE. Built on top of existing popular server (Prosody) and clients (Conversations and Siskin) and contributing back to upstream. All with a consistent branding for easier adoption by non techies. I wish it was more popular so that it coul get more funding, collaborators and a larger ecosystem for easy deployment of servers etc.
I wish all the effort that was spent towards building the bloated, complex and complicated Matrix would have been spent extending XMPP further, building more servers, clients and gateways.