XMPP is alright. It will never be perfect, but it keeps improving, and that's important. Personally I believe more in having people be in control of their own

XMPP is alright. It will never be perfect, but it keeps improving, and that's important. Personally I believe more in having people be in control of their own communications than having ultra secure crypto. No crypto is going to help if a single actor can see all metadata or decide who is allowed to communicate. Therefore I strongly believe in federation and allowing everyone to choose their client, service and server.