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The Signal messenger and protocol.
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I don't understand the hype; how many people are chatting with people they don't know on Signal?
For me it can replace DMs everywhere. Put your username in your profile and get actually secure DMs.
Wasn't this what Matrix was for?
Matrix isn’t private at all. All metadata is shared+stored by both your server and mine (no sealed sender). Encryption is worse (no double-ratchet) and there’s no guarantee of encryption at all (some clients don’t even offer it). It’s also a lot harder to get set up and IMO the clients are much worse.
Well then. This is useful information.