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"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps (www.techradar.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Signal's privacy and security are great, but being a centralized app makes it vulnerable. Element explains to TechRadar why we do need decentralized apps more than ever.

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[–] 9limmer@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is why folks use Matrix. But it still needs a lot of work.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But it still needs a lot of work.

And that’s why folks use Signal.

It’s the most accessible privacy-friendly option. IMO we should be pushing for both things. Signal to implement decentralized infrastructure and at the same time improve existing apps like Matrix.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I'm using SimpleX with my family, to see if it's any good and I think it's pretty ok :-)

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Element X got better recently, with space and thread support

[–] 9limmer@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has it been pushed out yet? I've been waiting for this since seeing it in original Element.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Both are working, the features are "experimental" (you enable them in the settings) but they work