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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 11 months ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] refalo@programming.dev 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Most packages/installs of Signal contain proprietary code. I suggest Molly-FOSS instead.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Molly also has some quality-of-life improvements - such as allowing to enter a device pairing link manually instead of scanning a QR code (thus allowing use in a VM for registration without a smartphone), or being able to use a generic Socks proxy instead of Signal's own solution. Not only does that allow running Signal over Tor without using Orbot as a "VPN", but is also more versatile (I wouldn't want to set up a separate proxy just for Signal, and also their implementation is apparently inferior to some advanced obfuscation solutions).

P.S. Also idk if this has been fixed, but Signal's app bugged out during registration and got stuck on "no google services" warning on my Graphene device, yet Molly went through flawlessly.

[–] mac@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

You can also set up MollySockets for notifications via unified push!

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Suggestion accepted, looks nice.