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Re:MEGAChat now includes end-to-end encryption by rakoo on Saturday January 23, 2016 @12:21PM (#10959052)
I 100% with you that UX is the most important problem that is not solved with PGP, and as long as nobody will do something we'll never be able to use crypto. I also believe that if your crypto doesn't solve something that PGP doesn't already solve, then you'd better spend your time on bettering UX instead.

However Mumble is not a valid comparison, because Mumble is not End-to-End encrypted. The security of Mumble amounts to an encrypted connection to the server, protected by a password; from this POV Mumble is no more secure than Facebook or Hacker News.

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Re:MEGAChat now includes end-to-end encryption by zanny on Saturday January 23, 2016 @12:34PM (#10959102)
It is end to end encrypted when you are one of the participants and you own the server. Thats what I mean by its the best secure communications solution I have - I can sholder the work of getting a valid cert, but once its setup as long as I trust who I'm talking to is who I think I'm talking to, I am sure nobody can evesdrop because its my server. And for the people I care to have private conservations with, downloading / install Mumble on their phone or desktop is their regular patterns of behavior and isn't inconvenient at all compared to insanity like GPG or OTR.
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