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I wish Signal was developed more openly, more like the linux kernel for a "critical infrastructure" example. I wish it had more features, so it could take the place of something like Slack. I wish it supported interoperability like fedi.
But it's good for what it is and I sure am glad it's around. People who disrespect it don't know what they're talking about.
You know, if you want to replace Slack, look into Mattermost. It's foss but otherwise pretty much exactly what Slack does so well.
Isn't matrix more like slack that you are looking for?
When it comes to security, I don’t think it’s close at all.
Why not? I thought it had very good security. It's E2E encrypted and the government of France uses it.
Maybe I misunderstood. I thought I heard about terrible security implementations relating to matrix servers.
Edit: I think I was remembering this: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/matrix-patches-vulnerabilities-that-completely-subvert-e2ee-guarantees/
Looks like I’m mostly wrong.
A while back people had a problem with metadata or something. I used to have my own server, so I wasn’t really worried about it.
But it’s been like 3 years since I’ve used it or looked into it.
Kinda curious what’s changed at this point.
Time for Molly
Signal fork
Terrible name lmao
??
"Molly" is a common nickname of the drug Ecstasy (MDMA)
"time for molly" kind of implies you're off to get high
MDMA high is great, I’d do it all the time. Good name
Found the dude mumbling gibberish and pissing himself in the subway station
No, I'm not a Japanese salaryman on Friday evening.
Also a nickname for Molybdenum which makes Iron stronger like torrifying Signal makes encrypted communication stronger by protecting metadata from interception.
I wish it wasn't located in the US where you know even though it's e2ee they send all the data they get(and that's a lot) to the government or whoever wants it. But e2ee is cool, right. Nobody from the government cares about it though, but it's cool.