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Olvid - Secure Messaging (olvid.io)

submitted 2 years ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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[–] Five@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The server isn't open-source, ~~but neither is Signal's~~ similar to Signal's server in the past, but they claim to have a roadmap to change that.

The French government recently promoted Olvid over Signal, Telegram, Whatsapp to all employees.

[–] Platform27@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Signal’s server isn’t open source? Then what’s this:
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh, wow -- thanks. I hadn't realized Signal had changed their server code status, my bad.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If the server is not FOSS, why even bother with either Signal or Olvid?

Wouldn't a hardened self hosted XMPP server be more trustworthy than some random clown saying their stuff is supposedly secure?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

yes. But XMPP is an open standard, it's not promoted by any corporation and thus it doesn't have a marketing team. That's why Signal, Matrix or Olvid are more discussed.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here is a link to the pricing page so you don't have to look for it

https://olvid.io/pricing/en