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Re:Signal Server code on GitHub is up to date again by hiq on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:39PM (#26727345)
> highly secure alternative exists in the form of matrix

At least for metadata, as of now, Signal seems to provide better guarantees than Matrix.

I can imagine Matrix competing with Discord and Slack, but I don't think they'll ever be able to compete with WhatsApp and Signal. You can blame "stupid" users and the media all you want, that won't change the path of least resistance. I really like Matrix as an IRC replacement though.

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Re:Signal Server code on GitHub is up to date again by Ploskin on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:21PM (#26729732)
> At least for metadata, as of now, Signal seems to provide better guarantees than Matrix.

Agree here. Matrix servers log everything by default. If somebody cares about protecting metadata, I don't know why they'd choose Matrix over Signal.

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Re:Signal Server code on GitHub is up to date again by rOOb85 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:32PM (#26734825)
The people screaming the loudest about how signal is bad for x reason always seem to be the ones recommending y(usually matrix) that suffers the same issue.
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