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Based on our record, Tinfoil Chat should be more popular than Element.io. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I love how Matrix or its most popular client Element do not even get a mention. Source: about 1 year ago
The title undersells the change a bit in my opinion. By default, mastodon now encourages new users to sign-up on https://mastodon.social which has caused a bit of a kerfuffle in the fediverse. Personally, I'm largely ambivalent to the change; I understand the reasoning, and it's what https://element.io has been doing for https://matrix.org since the beginning. It is more than a bit of a sea-change though given the... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
We currently have the Matrix protocol, with client applications such as Element supporting it. We also have XMPP as another option. Generally more modern than IRC, these platforms are primarily developed as FOSS software. This makes it less likely for developers to impact their users negatively. However, despite these advantages, these platforms lack the refined user experience (addictiveness and stickiness) that... Source: about 1 year ago
Please DM me if you are interested in hiring me or have any questions at all. We will work via Element (https://element.io) voice/screen share calls, so please make sure you have a mic available. I look forward to hearing from you. Source: about 1 year ago
Your best bet is probably matrix, the most user friendly client iirc is element. Source: about 1 year ago
>No e2ee app has compromised device part of their threat model. Oh really, here's one I made earlier https://github.com/maqp/tfc :-) >The whole OS can. So how are you backdooring a bash script that comments out lines of code from Linux source before compiling it? You lying to policy makers with "it can be done" mindset sound like a stupid con that burns a lot of money and... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
But as I said, it is way easier to install Pegasus on your phone or to grab / steal the unlocked phone from your hand, than break any of these. If you want absolute privacy, you should think about your physical security, and the trustworthiness of your devices before choosing the right chat app. Check the Tinfoil Chat for more information. Source: 11 months ago
There is software that lives up to these claims, it's Tinfoil Chat. The article is correct about the necessary trade-offs: due to peer to peer transport (onion hidden service 2 onion hidden service) both ends of the conversation have to be online -- it at least spools the message waiting for the recipient to appear. For hole punching and signaling that has to be done by third party, well, the third party is TOR... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Matrix.org - Matrix is an open standard for decentralized persistent communication over IP.
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