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Is using an Matrix account from matrix.org private and secure enough to talk with my family members and people in general? (lemmy.ml)

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

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So, I was told to not use Signal, so all that is left is Matrix. And I am not techy enough to have my own server and neither are my relatives, so Matrix.org is the only option

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, sure. But Matrix is decentralized and federated. So you can pretty much join any instance and be able to talk with anyone on any instance. So why not select another instance ~~or maybe even self host one yourself?~~

edit: didn't read the text till the end

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why would Matrix be the only option? XMPP is significantly better. You can either sign up on a public server or pay a small sum to have your own private server for you and your family for example on https://snikket.org/ or I think https://jmp.chat/ also includes optionally a small server in the subscription.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I've always been curious with the differences between XMPP and matrix but i can't ever find anything explaining it. Why is it in your opinion better?