compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoPrivate communications - Signal or Matrix?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squarePrivate communications - Signal or Matrix?compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 days agoSignal seems to have better audit records (from what i hear) and leaks less metadata then Matrix does BUT it is a centralized service and its tied to cell numbers so there is some inherent metadata risk there as well. Long and short I use both lol
minus-squarexianjam@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 days ago+1 for both. IMO, it’s easier to sell your friends on Signal than Matrix. Edit: In the US. I’ve just read that Matrix is more popular in Germany.
minus-squaregnuthing@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoThe only metadata signal has is your number and when you last accessed the app. All the other data is encrypted
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoYeah; I use Matrix for people coming from Discord, and Signal for people coming from WhatsApp and Messages.
Signal seems to have better audit records (from what i hear) and leaks less metadata then Matrix does BUT it is a centralized service and its tied to cell numbers so there is some inherent metadata risk there as well.
Long and short I use both lol
+1 for both. IMO, it’s easier to sell your friends on Signal than Matrix. Edit: In the US. I’ve just read that Matrix is more popular in Germany.
The only metadata signal has is your number and when you last accessed the app. All the other data is encrypted
Yeah; I use Matrix for people coming from Discord, and Signal for people coming from WhatsApp and Messages.