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It's an example of somebody replacing a centralized protocol with a more decentralized one. It's also one of the biggest direct messaging platforms in the world
by mgraczyk 2y ago
It's an example of somebody replacing a centralized protocol with a more decentralized one. It's also one of the biggest direct messaging platforms in the world with E2E encryption.
- troupo 2y agoHow is it decentralized? It's running from and through Facebook servers.
- mgraczyk 2y agoFacebook cannot read your messages, so it is more decentralized than a system that stores messages in plaintext (or stores the decryption keys).
- DaSHacka 2y agoSeems like its simply a more private option it being encrypted but routed through a single companies servers means its just as centralized as if it were unencrypted though
- mgraczyk 2y agoThat depends on your definition of decentralization. Because of the way most people set up their apps, almost all Matrix users and ~all Signal users are using a centralized app under this definition.
- troupo 2y ago> That depends on your definition of decentralization. Decentralization literally means "not centralized". If you have a single centralized entity serving all your messages through a set of centralized servers, it makes the setup what? > Because of the way most people set up their apps, almost all Matrix users and ~all Signal users are using a centralized app under this definition. Yes, they do, and it's centralized. What exactly makes you think otherwise?
- alternatex 2y agoThat's not what decentralized means though. This whole comment thread is unclear on whether decentralization or encryption is what's desired.
- afiori 2y agoThat is because people want decentralized e2ee multi-device chats without manual key management, which afaik is not really possible