Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoSignal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsAppwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkSignal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsAppwww.androidpolice.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months ago or even a Matrix service would mean a deterioration of our data protection standards Why? They use same algos, same scheme. Just add support for matrix message format in your app.
minus-squarea1studmuffin 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWhatsApp is closed source, and obviously it must be able to decrypt messages for the end user to read them. Anything could happen to the unencrypted data at this point. Therefore it’s less secure allowing conversations to flow into that app.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoRe-read my comment please. I’m talking about Matrix, not whatsapp. Not downvoting because you are correct, but it is out of context.
minus-squareeco_game@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI believe Matrix doesn’t have nearly as strong (if any) metadata encryption as Signal
Why? They use same algos, same scheme. Just add support for matrix message format in your app.
WhatsApp is closed source, and obviously it must be able to decrypt messages for the end user to read them. Anything could happen to the unencrypted data at this point. Therefore it’s less secure allowing conversations to flow into that app.
Re-read my comment please. I’m talking about Matrix, not whatsapp. Not downvoting because you are correct, but it is out of context.
I believe Matrix doesn’t have nearly as strong (if any) metadata encryption as Signal