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TIL there is an fediverse alternative to Discord (matrix.org)
submitted 2 years ago by PopBobert@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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About Matrix Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications.

Matrix Manifesto We believe:

People should have full control over their own communication. People should not be locked into centralised communication silos, but instead be free to pick who they choose to host their communication without limiting who they can reach. The ability to converse securely and privately is a basic human right. Communication should be available to everyone as a free and open, unencumbered, standard and global network.

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[–] crab@monero.town 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why is XMPP better? not that I dont believe you I just want to learn. From what I heard the XMPP server implementation is a lot faster, but the Matrix one is being rewritten in Rust I believe.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OMEMO, existing good clients. It's just more mature and solves all the same problems.

[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

how and why is OMEMO better? and you cant verify all of a users sessions at once that they have verified them selves via cross signing

And it doesn't solve all the same problems, what if the server the muc was created on goes down? Matrix doesn't have that issue

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, it's convenient. I can't speak about anything else, not being a cryptographer.

I personally would just use PGP though.

[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

so you would use a encryption where if your key is leaked to someone they can read every single message you've sent?

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

For not too important things maybe. But OK, OTR is better for IM.

[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

synapse is the first and most used server implementation written in python, conduit is a HS imp written in rust not by the matrix.org team so synapse isnt being rewritten in rust, some bits are being rustified but not much it seems, there is dendrite which was originally meant to replace synapse as the HS imp to scale really well, but they they changed the priorities for that to p2p and small instances

[–] crab@monero.town 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for clarifying