Comment on France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 1 year agoMatrix 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.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But they could host it locally, right? And E2EE is available?
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.
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.