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[Question] What is the best Real Time Instant Messanger app for Privacy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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with all the choices I have, I don't really know what to choose, there is Matrix, Signal, Briar, Jami, and alot of other privacy focused messenger app that I haven't even heard of.

need to discuss things with people on the internet, mostly people who already knows privacy stuff.

I need to choose one that's the most popular one to avoid having people making accounts, what's the most commonly used (private) messenger app?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

holy sh* thank you, I have to keep eyes on session in the future then, I think it might just be the one best chat app later.

I was considering using both xmpp/Matrix, based on what you said, maybe I shouldn't use xmpp after all. I'll use matrix without using vc then.

Which matrix server do you recommend?

edit; same, I'm kind of sceptical of signal since a while before, I can't trust things that need my personal info. It's centralized and needs your phone number. maybe It's just because It's a WhatsApp alternative. still, it could be better if it was decentralized platform. also the desktop app is not that great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Matrix is the most promising project in my opinion even though privacy was at the beginning an afterthought. we need as a community to keep pressure on the devs to minimize metadata collection.
For a trial you can sign up to the matrix.org server. just keep in mind to switch to another one once you decide to make matrix your daily driver.
Because matrix.org is the biggest instance, it is subject to a lot of attacks, it has been breached once back when E2EE wasn't active by default.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I've had a matrix account there before, I'm asking if there's an instance I could join because I'm aware that using matrix.org would probably not be the best idea since the whole point of it is to be decentralized, and metadata and identity is collected there.

I found this instance though https://chat.tchncs.de/

for now I'll use that instead, maybe I'll run a matrix server in the future for people to use.