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switch from Whatsapp to Element (matrix)? (element.io)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
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I'm thinking of moving away from US-based messengers.

Signal, telegram etc have the same problematic architectures. Of those kinds of solutions, I like Threema best, but nobody uses them (which is only a problem because of their architecture).

So I wanted to get a solution with a decentralized architecture, pretty much like the fediverse.

From what I can see, the fediverse activityPub with MLS layer project (to enable fediverse end-to-end encrypted messaging) is still in the functional documentation stage.

So, what do you think of Element as a messenger (which uses matrix protocol)?

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[–] -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

There is also SimpleX. Its decentraliced, secure and has no account or user ids whatsoever. Looks nice and is easy to use aswell.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I gave SimpleX a try and the lack of multi device sync was annoying https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/issues/444 . If you want to use it across your phone and computer you basically can't without having two distinct accounts for each device.

    Jami works better in this regard. its also P2P no accounts, just a cartographic key as your identifier and a optional name server if you want to map keys to usernames (doesn't need to be used). Cross device sync works pretty well in my experience. IOS is another story though. They have an app but I had a lot of issues with people on IOS not receiving message notifications.

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