If, like me, you were frustrated by the @eff’s Secure Messaging Scorecard being outdated for years now, go check Mark Williams’s Secure Messaging Apps Comparison — it’s a great resource.

My only objection: I would boost (ie, , ) and fully recommend it, and penalise and discard it, based on their respective results under the section “are the and server completely ?” — I think that’s paramount!

TL;DR: use (it’s the best and most user-friendly); if not possible for whatever reason, resort to apps as 2nd best.

@tripu @eff real world identity + centralized. signal is practically worse than email.

@shironeko

Every tool has its drawbacks (usability, if nothing else). Isn’t , in practice, among the very few “least bad” options we have? If your recommendation is encrypted e-mail or something like that, we have very different use cases in mind.

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@tripu @eff I'm saying that matrix is a way better choice than signal, even though matrix has many problems.
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@shironeko

Fair enough. We enter the territory of trade-offs and individual preferences.

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