@mmin the other major downside of Riot, vs. Signal or Wire, is that the #UX degrades a lot once you turn encryption on in a chat, because you have to constantly faff around with verifying devices and backing up keys. They devs are aware of the problem and promise they are working on a more elegant, automated solution, but for now it's an issue. Much less of a concern if you run your own homeserver for your friends+family chats, but good to be aware of.
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Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2019 06:10:59 UTC Strypey -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2019 13:41:13 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @strypey Yes, that's a huge and continuing issue. And then you have this message can't be read because they haven't sent keys, which chases people off pretty quickly. #Riot is not ready for recommending. -
Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2019 14:27:37 UTC Strypey @lnxw48a1
> #Riot is not ready for recommending... for encrypted chat, yes. As a decentralized app for non-sensitive friends+family comms, it's no worse than cleartext email.
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