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> You're confusing e2e and p2p here. I was trying to consciously use both those terms and not interchangeably. It's still end-to-end encrypted, but it's imposs
by BuildTheRobots 6y ago
> You're confusing e2e and p2p here.
I was trying to consciously use both those terms and not interchangeably. It's still end-to-end encrypted, but it's impossible to work without interacting with their servers. When it first started as TextSecure it was capable of encrypting SMS between two handsets in a completely peer-to-peer way; no internet or 3rd party interaction required (just some ability to send SMS).
- samatman 6y agoAh, yes, that had completely slipped my mind. Sorry, I did misunderstand you: to be fair, Signal does send an e2e encrypted message-which-is-text, but referring to SMS as "text messages" is also pretty standard, I just didn't glean that from context. Sure, being able to E2E an SMS was pretty cool! I've given up on SMS ever being replaced with a reasonably modern protocol, I think we're just stuck with siloed apps for the foreseeable future. Which is a pity. Maybe Riot/Matrix will be a fait accompli once its been around for long enough.