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The Best Encrypted Messengers in 2024 (blog.thenewoil.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am a firm believer that there are many privacy techniques you should focus on before encrypted messaging because they will offer you much more “bang for your buck,” things like good passwords, two-factor authentication, and even encrypted email. That said, I still believe that encrypted messaging is a critical part of a well-rounded privacy and security strategy. While the vast majority of our day-to-day conversations may be benign, it can still offer a lot of insight into who we are as people – our routines, likes, and personal thoughts. This information – mundane or not – is worth protecting.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, it's not privacy-focused.. but I do like Revolt for this purpose. It's performant, looks very similar to Discord, and I think they're adding E2EE eventually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It is centralized and the moderation suck. They banned people for being homophobic because they said they were Christian. You can find more information online.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I attempted to find evidence to support this.

I found one reddit post claiming this, but they themselves did not provide any evidence.

freedom of religion is a human right bruh i did not say anything but i believe in god the banned me and claimed i was being homophobic 1. i said nothing about it 2. stfu even if i was

Not exactly the most compelling piece of evidence, and this was all I could find.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't find it now but there was a person who was banned for saying the were Christian. They didn't say anything more and the could as well been LGBQ+. There were a few other instances that I am forgetting of bad moderation.

Anyway the centralized nature of Revolt Chat makes it no very appealing for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Anyway the centralized nature of Revolt Chat makes it no very appealing for me.

I agree with this. I will probably stick with either matrix or xmpp due, to their federated nature, and strong E2EE. Matrix is a better discord replacement, as it has more features, is more standardized, has a better web client, and has "spaces", which are somewhat analogous to discord servers.

Xmpp however, is much more lightweight on both servers and clients than matrix, and it's E2EE works more reliably (none of that "failed to decrypt nonsense), and makes a better E2EE messenger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It is selfhostable though, so moderation would be an issue of individual servers rather than the whole thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The problem is that no one will use your server