Comment on France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives

felixwhynot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They are already doing that

  element.io/case-studies/tchap

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• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Matrix is not the best encrypted messenger, it’s more focused around public groups with E2EE being an optional feature as that doesn’t work with most bridges, which is the selling feature of Matrix.

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  • felixwhynot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But they could host it locally, right? And E2EE is available?

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    • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes and yes. But Matrix falls under the same group as WhatsApp and Signal, it’s UK not French based.

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      • 520@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        However, Matrix as a service isn't reliant on a parent company's servers like WhatsApp and Signal are.

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