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Matrix because it seems like the most logical choice - largest platform that’s federated/decentralised and has end-to-end encryption.
Personally I’ve had consistent problems with messages not un-encrypting in Matrix, requiring frequent re-sending of messages. I’m also not a fan of how much Metadata is shared across the Matrix network even with encryption, nor am I fan of the history of the group (Amdocs) who developed and funded it, or the willingness of the Matrix/Element team to sell their services to law enforcement (They had purchased a booth at a police convention).
Movim has all of the same features as Matrix without those downsides, if you’d like to give that a try instead.
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A strawman is when someone misrepresents the other person’s claim in a weaker or distorted way and then attacks that distorted version. I did not, instead I used reductio ad absurdum reasoning. This person claims that matrix is controlled by Israeli intelligence which is blatant disinformation. What about disinformation now? https://lemmy.ca/comment/21700498
Your argument cannot be considered as an "reductio ad absurdum”, as it didn’t show any absurdity in your opponent arguments. Your argument could be considered as either an “argumentum ad lapidem” (dismissing a claim as absurd without demonstrating proof for its absurdity), but more realistically it is indeed a strawman, as you try exaggerate you opponent argument in order to weaken it (avoid because Israeli != avoid because of possible link to Israeli intelligence ties).
Still, you are right to doubt some of your opponent proofs. I too have my doubt on that claim, but don’t have the time right now to fact check it.
Feel free to link your own research here, if you find more reliable sources.
Understand what makes you happy. I’m not going to waste my time knowing that you’re not going to do anything at all. Here’s a quote from the comment I linked:
Matrix foundation heavily courting law enforcement and getting funded by Israel.
Where do you see that it’s just a possibility? That’s ridiculous. Again, it’s not a strawman.
Even the first video linked here “Metadata is shared” asserts that “There’s a bunch of sensitivity to it because they are tightly linked to Israeli intelligence” at 15:00. That is the very definition of disinformation.
You seem to be knowledgeable about XMPP… How does XMPP’s E2EE compare to matrix’?
I tried XMPP and Matrix a few days ago. The XMPP experience is SO MUCH BETTER. HOLLY FUCK.
Matrix is so laggy and clunky and slow and annoying. XMPP was just perfect. And the “Conversations” client, for XMPP, is so fucking fast. It is missing a few things, such as swipe to quote/reply to a given message, but damn, is it fast.
Matrix is so laggy and clunky and slow and annoying. XMPP was just perfect. And the “Conversations” client, for XMPP, is so fucking fast.
I’ve noticed that as well, XMPP has never been laggy in my experience, it’s very snappy. Matrix is hit or miss, sometimes fine, sometimes a bit slow, especially in larger rooms.
How does XMPP’s E2EE compare to matrix’?
As far as I know, XMPP’s OMEMO encryption is modeled off of Signal’s encryption, but modified to function without a centralized server. It’s generally regarded as a very solid, strong encryption, even better than openPGP.
Matrix’s encryption uses Megolm or olm, which I believe is also regarded well as far as the encryption itself. The issue is that Matrix’s inherent design means it’s spreading copies of the metadata of those messages (though the contents of the message itself is encrypted) far and wide to many servers unnessesarily. Seeing as a lot can still be gleaned from metadata (when a message was sent, to who it was sent to), it’s a concerning model considering how big the main Matrix server is, which means that it usually always receives a copy of all metadata activity on the protocol, unless a self-hosted server completely kills federation (which defeats the point of it).
A good comment from an older reddit thread summed it up well:
matrix.org is unique because it hosts so many user accounts. As a result, it becomes a metadata honeypot for the entire matrix network.
It’s kind of a design flaw in my eyes. Matrix is great. But it would be even better if it didn’t have this issue.
Xmpp is federated, but you have the option of not sharing chat metadata with other servers on the network. Matrix doesn’t give that option.
matrix.org is effectively a central server due to the fact that a majority of accounts are hosted there, AND all metadata associated with those accounts, which includes metadata from other servers they communicate with, accumulates on matrix.org. I would suspect a very high percentage of matrix metadata, ends up on a single server. Xmpp just does not have this problem.
On selling services to law enforcement: I disagree. You would want your E2E encryption platform to be respected and recognized by law enforcement, so they don’t just think “oink oink, only criminals use this service, this guy must be a criminal!”
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Personally I’ve had consistent problems with messages not un-encrypting in Matrix, requiring frequent re-sending of messages. I’m also not a fan of how much Metadata is shared across the Matrix network even with encryption, nor am I fan of the history of the group (Amdocs) who developed and funded it, or the willingness of the Matrix/Element team to sell their services to law enforcement (They had purchased a booth at a police convention).
Movim has all of the same features as Matrix without those downsides, if you’d like to give that a try instead.
@Dremor@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A strawman is when someone misrepresents the other person’s claim in a weaker or distorted way and then attacks that distorted version. I did not, instead I used reductio ad absurdum reasoning. This person claims that matrix is controlled by Israeli intelligence which is blatant disinformation. What about disinformation now?
https://lemmy.ca/comment/21700498
Your argument cannot be considered as an "reductio ad absurdum”, as it didn’t show any absurdity in your opponent arguments. Your argument could be considered as either an “argumentum ad lapidem” (dismissing a claim as absurd without demonstrating proof for its absurdity), but more realistically it is indeed a strawman, as you try exaggerate you opponent argument in order to weaken it (avoid because Israeli != avoid because of possible link to Israeli intelligence ties).
Still, you are right to doubt some of your opponent proofs. I too have my doubt on that claim, but don’t have the time right now to fact check it.
Feel free to link your own research here, if you find more reliable sources.
Understand what makes you happy. I’m not going to waste my time knowing that you’re not going to do anything at all. Here’s a quote from the comment I linked:
Where do you see that it’s just a possibility? That’s ridiculous. Again, it’s not a strawman.
Even the first video linked here “Metadata is shared” asserts that “There’s a bunch of sensitivity to it because they are tightly linked to Israeli intelligence” at 15:00. That is the very definition of disinformation.
You seem to be knowledgeable about XMPP… How does XMPP’s E2EE compare to matrix’?
I tried XMPP and Matrix a few days ago. The XMPP experience is SO MUCH BETTER. HOLLY FUCK.
Matrix is so laggy and clunky and slow and annoying. XMPP was just perfect. And the “Conversations” client, for XMPP, is so fucking fast. It is missing a few things, such as swipe to quote/reply to a given message, but damn, is it fast.
I’ve noticed that as well, XMPP has never been laggy in my experience, it’s very snappy. Matrix is hit or miss, sometimes fine, sometimes a bit slow, especially in larger rooms.
As far as I know, XMPP’s OMEMO encryption is modeled off of Signal’s encryption, but modified to function without a centralized server. It’s generally regarded as a very solid, strong encryption, even better than openPGP.
Matrix’s encryption uses Megolm or olm, which I believe is also regarded well as far as the encryption itself. The issue is that Matrix’s inherent design means it’s spreading copies of the metadata of those messages (though the contents of the message itself is encrypted) far and wide to many servers unnessesarily. Seeing as a lot can still be gleaned from metadata (when a message was sent, to who it was sent to), it’s a concerning model considering how big the main Matrix server is, which means that it usually always receives a copy of all metadata activity on the protocol, unless a self-hosted server completely kills federation (which defeats the point of it).
A good comment from an older reddit thread summed it up well:
On selling services to law enforcement: I disagree. You would want your E2E encryption platform to be respected and recognized by law enforcement, so they don’t just think “oink oink, only criminals use this service, this guy must be a criminal!”
I recommend this defcon talk if you haven’t watched it (I think its the right one, TOR developer talks about why he teaches federal agencies how to use TOR)
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