I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

  • hector@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    As an iPhone user, iChat is mid. I think it’s only in the Us that it is widely used.

    Embrace the beauty of Signal now

      • LWD@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        Kind of ironic considering that with Matrix…

        • Forward secrecy is kinda hosed
        • they store metadata permanently on their servers by design
        • A ton of stuff that would otherwise be invisible and signal is visible in your Matrix homeserver, including permanent history of all group membership
        • Your data does not belong to you, and that’s how the server is built to treat it, e.g.
        • GDPR deletion is nonexistent (it won’t delete your username or your messages, making it less effective than on Discord, let alone Signal)

        … Etc.

        Ironically, older federated messaging systems like XMPP might be better by coincidence. Message archiving was an optional addition and some servers, such as the popular Riseup one, do not implement it.

        • JohnDoe@lemmy.myserv.one
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          8 months ago

          Yeah, fair. It can’t delete your messages to the extent a centralized system, and that’s an indication of the lack of centralized control? It’s a different threat model I think many find satisfying (though perhaps not most).