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submitted 1 month ago by jack@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

I'd been thinking Telegram would be a sufficiently secure alternative, but as Western intelligence gets their hooks into that system I think we need to go self-hosted. Element is the biggest name here, but I'm curious what options are the best for a combination of both security and feature maturity.

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[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Matrix (Element is just one compatible client) is up there if Signal is too limiting feature-wise or too sus for yah. It can be annoying but not terribly hard to self-host, there are multiple server and client implementations that generally interoperate (though currently the server side you should probably stick to synapse unless you're resource constrained or know what you're doing)

if you don't like the UI of element, try fluffychat or nheko or something

[-] Cutecity@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Just take note that Matrix was originally developped by Amdocs, an israeli multinational with ties to the state intelligence. They made a foundation to pursue further development, but apparently the staff is the same. It might not mean much, but many people don't know about it.

Matrix also also really, really bad when it comes to metadata. I would not trust Matrix when it comes to sensitive things or communication that can be used against you due to how much metadata it leaks. I also find the double standard here were people don't trust Signal due to funding but ignore funding issues in Matrix.

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

good to know. I still feel their open-source practices and lack of centralization puts them above signal in some ways, but yikes...

[-] zkrzsz@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago
[-] someone@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I want to like Element, but the devs' refusal to implement multiple account capability is a constant source of frustration to me.

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I haven't used that feature but a bunch of non-element clients seem to support that according to this: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ (filter by feature)

Of them, I would say Hydrogen web, and FluffyChat, are the most serious based on features supported and what I've heard about them. I haven't used fractal since before it supported e2ee though

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Fractal is great if you use GNOME. Only downside is that it doesn't have a UI for spaces yet

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

good to know! as a discord/slack alternative that feature seems sorta important though

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