Element | Secure collaboration and messaging
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Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and secure collaboration app. It’s decentralised for digital sovereign self-hosting, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services. Element operates on the open Matrix network to provide interoperability and easy connections.

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)?

  • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I know what you mean. The requirement is that friends and family will use it, too.

    How long ago was your experience with matrix?

    • Señor Mono@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Self-hosted and bridged: half a year.

      I quit that experiment and registered an account at a generic instance. Needless to say: it is only me and some public rooms.

      None of my peers engages me there. They really don’t want to waste time with registration, backup keys, and concepts.