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this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
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I think if you really care about privacy then you basically have to run your own for people you know and trust. At that point it doesn't really matter what it is. It also depends on your threat profile. If you don't actually care that people know your contact network, then Signal or any other app is perfectly fine. For vast majority of people it really doesn't matter. The point is that Signal isn't a good solution for people who do genuinely care about privacy.
Running your own isn't a great answer as that doesn't necessarily mean it is secure. I personally like Simplex Chat and Briar. Matrix would be on the list if it was a little bit more stable.
Running your own server doesn't necessarily mean it's secure, but it's a lot more likely to be secure than a server somebody else runs. The very fact that the server is only used by a handful of people you know and trust makes it infinitely more secure. Also as you say in your other reply:
and this Matrix? https://github.com/libremonde-org/paper-research-privacy-matrix.org/blob/master/part1/README.md
Matrix has a habit of eating my chats. They will suddenly be all "message can't be decrypted"