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Private communications - Signal or Matrix? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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From a privacy standpoint, do Signal or Matrix (via Element) have any advantages over the other?

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Signal seems to have better audit records (from what i hear) and leaks less metadata then Matrix does BUT it is a centralized service and its tied to cell numbers so there is some inherent metadata risk there as well.

Long and short I use both lol

[–] gnuthing@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

The only metadata signal has is your number and when you last accessed the app. All the other data is encrypted

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