Comment on ONYX: self-hosted messenger with LAN mode and E2EE — an indie project story
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
seems cool, as I certainly seen this rivalry between complexity and simplicity. I don’t really need E2EE for a simple private communication server, but it is nice to have. I mean, We use it when relying on 3rd party services, because we don’t want them spying on our communications, but when it’s a private server hosted locally/in the cloud, the only unwanted eyes are hackers, who I don’t think care that much about private servers with small numbers of users.
wardcore@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Just to clarify — E2EE in ONYX is only for private chats. Groups and channels (both built-in and self-hosted) don’t have E2EE, which is actually closer to your point — for groups it’s a deliberate tradeoff for simplicity and reliable sync. So you’re right, for that use case TLS is enough.