BrikoXM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 7 months agoFrance bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternativeswww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up134file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldprivacy@programming.dev
arrow-up134external-linkFrance bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternativeswww.politico.euBrikoXM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldprivacy@programming.dev
Archived version: https://archive.ph/vv3Ce Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20231130105740/https://www.politico.eu/article/france-requires-ministers-to-swap-whatsapp-signal-for-french-alternatives/
minus-squareBrikoXOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoMatrix is not the best encrypted messenger, it’s more focused around public groups with E2EE being an optional feature as that doesn’t work with most bridges, which is the selling feature of Matrix.
minus-square@felixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•7 months agoBut they could host it locally, right? And E2EE is available?
minus-squareBrikoXOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoYes and yes. But Matrix falls under the same group as WhatsApp and Signal, it’s UK not French based.
minus-square520linkfedilink5•7 months agoHowever, Matrix as a service isn’t reliant on a parent company’s servers like WhatsApp and Signal are.
Matrix is not the best encrypted messenger, it’s more focused around public groups with E2EE being an optional feature as that doesn’t work with most bridges, which is the selling feature of Matrix.
But they could host it locally, right? And E2EE is available?
Yes and yes. But Matrix falls under the same group as WhatsApp and Signal, it’s UK not French based.
However, Matrix as a service isn’t reliant on a parent company’s servers like WhatsApp and Signal are.