Comment on Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives
kpw@kbin.social 7 months agoHow regularly should I check if Signal has become an interoperable internet standard?
Comment on Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives
kpw@kbin.social 7 months agoHow regularly should I check if Signal has become an interoperable internet standard?
LWD@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Privacy does not necessarily mean interoperability. XMPP is trapped in the past because it cannot roll out changes, including privacy enhancements that Signal has delivered
kpw@kbin.social 7 months ago
Sorry but I've been burned by WhatsApp before. Not wasting time on moving my contacts to another walled garden again. XMPP is actively developed and has most privacy features Signal does + most providers don't require a phone number and let you connect over Tor. Doing things properly and in an interoperable way takes more time but is absolutely worth it: https://snikket.org/blog/products-vs-protocols/
LWD@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Why are you listing lack of an identifier as a positive, when complaining you couldn’t move between two platforms that use the same identifier? It’s much harder to convert people to a system where the functionality and features are scatter shot.
And I prefer a product that exists to a high minded notion of what could exist. Like I said earlier, how often should I check in to see when 2016’s end-to-end encryption is formally adopted? Or even when it enters Draft status?
kpw@kbin.social 7 months ago
You can check how often you want, it's not going to affect anyone. Please don't check more than 5 times a second maybe.