Nathan of Guardian <nat...@guardianproject.info> writes: > On Fri, Jul 7, 2017, at 05:43 AM, Jonathan Frederickson wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:36 AM, Yosem Companys <compa...@tmp.ucsb.edu> >> wrote: >> > I hadn't seen it before. It describes itself as "An open network for >> > secure, >> > decentralized communication." See: http://matrix.org/ >> >> I've been a daily user of Matrix for the last few years, and I run my >> own Matrix server. I really like it - it solves a lot of the issues I >> have with XMPP. Notably, server-side history is treated as a >> first-class citizen, and it even works with end-to-end encrypted >> rooms! (The clients hold the keys, the server holds the encrypted >> messages.) >> > > I see it more as an upgrade for IRC than XMPP myself, and a more open > alternative to Slack. I use it as part of my daily workflow, connecting > with various teams and communities.
i've posted some issues i have with their privacy policy here, but haven't had time to follow up. if they're compliant with data requests on the official servers, would it suffice to have more servers? most people would end up in the official ones, since they're being recommended by default when you install the android app. https://github.com/vector-im/riot-android/issues/1185 -- https://endefensadelsl.org/ -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
