bishbosh@lemm.ee to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMatrix 2.0 Is Here!matrix.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down14
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minus-squareasap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·20 hours agoYou can’t know with certainty on Signal that the client and the server are actually keeping your messages encrypted at rest, you have to trust them. With Matrix, if you self host, you are the one in control.
minus-squarecomfy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoI assume you also have to trust the servers which the accounts you’re messaging are stored on. (Although there are real situations where all users will be on the same server, where this is obviously a great benefit.)
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoIsn’t Signal E2E encrypted? How would it be able to decrypt them?
You can’t know with certainty on Signal that the client and the server are actually keeping your messages encrypted at rest, you have to trust them.
With Matrix, if you self host, you are the one in control.
I assume you also have to trust the servers which the accounts you’re messaging are stored on. (Although there are real situations where all users will be on the same server, where this is obviously a great benefit.)
Isn’t Signal E2E encrypted? How would it be able to decrypt them?