Matrix 2.0 Is Here!
Matrix 2.0 Is Here!
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great project getting better all the time!
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Looks like someone didn't read the article. See part 4: Invisible Encryption. (Also note the Conclusion paragraph that explains the new functionality is only just starting to appear in clients.)
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So you were aware that this announcement includes fixes for the encryption issues, yet you decided to post a comment complaining about them anyway, ignoring the point of this post and giving readers the false impression that the issues are unaddressed.
And you did it just to contradict someone who finds the project useful.
That's not helpful to anyone. Quite the opposite, I'd say.
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Too much in the open source community is people saying this is great! Always has been. You shouldn't crap on people being honest about the problems that have existed, because track record is important
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You shouldn’t crap on people being honest about the problems that have existed,
I haven't "crapped on" anyone. I just pointed out that a comment, which was an absolute declaration in present tense, is misleading, poorly informed, and needlessly quarrelsome. Because it is. And the author then tried to justify it by putting words ("has always been") in someone else's mouth. None of that is honest. It was arguing in bad faith, and it's important to call that sort of thing out, because letting it go is how misinformation spreads.
If they had instead just presented their view as historical experience to help inform about track record, I wouldn't have taken issue with it.
Too much in the open source community is people saying this is great!
Perhaps, although that's common around proprietary software as well.
Great is subjective. Matrix has struggled with some problems that rightly frustrated people, but it also has accomplished some things that no other messaging platform has. By that measure, it is a great project. And the announcement we're all discussing here demonstrates that it is getting better. Just as barkingspiders said.
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Honestly in my experience all issues with decryption have been solved for more than a year. No matter if im using android, web or desktop. Idk about apple shit but thats just not a priority probably.
Todays desktop release finally enables the new voice/video calls/rooms feature which was the last serious complaint i had.
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Even this week I still had the issue where I couldn't decrypt messages in Element on android.
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Awful to self-host (resources, administration) and rolling their own crypto
On the UX-Side it's too complicated to explain to my parents.
I'd love for it to succeed, but for now I'll just stick woth Signal
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rolling their own crypto
No, it uses well-known, well-proven, standard crypto.
It also uses double-ratchet key management, much like what Signal does.
The reference server is a bit heavy if you're federating with large public rooms, but lighter alternative servers are available.
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they do have a special crypto usage which they have sensibly rewritten in Matrix 2.0
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