'Matrix' Network Hits 60 Million Users, Improving the Demand for Decentralized Communication
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Matrix is an open-source standard for decentralized communication. It is constantly evolving to the requirements of modern solutions keeping in mind the privacy of users. You will find Matrix clients as a replacement for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and several other popular communication platforms. And, to re-affirm the adoption of decentralized

Not sure why Signal gets all the attention when Matrix is much more successful at spreading open source messaging and is also decentralized.

  • thervingi@lemmy.mlOP
    22·
    2 years ago

    Why do you think WhatsApp has E2EE? It’s a closed source app. There is nothing preventing Facebook from grabbing your keys.

    • BobIsMyManager@noc.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      @thervingi
      Probably the fact that if news slipped out, it would have been (one of) the biggest scandles facebook has ever done, and I dont personally think its worth the risk for them.

      • thervingi@lemmy.mlOP
        13·
        2 years ago

        That’s what NDA’s are for :) Facebook got away with a lot worse.

        Also it might not be Facebook’s decision. It takes one national security letter from the FISA court to force them.

    • sexy_peach@feddit.de
      41·
      2 years ago

      on Telegram they wouldn’t even have to grab your keys, they can just run data collection on all their users unnoticed, without breaking any promises.