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What Matrix/Discord/Teams alternatives are there that FULLY support E2EE across Desktop and Mobile? (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago by Lemmchen@feddit.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Crosspost: https://feddit.de/post/8502102

Element for Android doesn't support searching in encrypted channels and I think you can't use E2EE in the browser at all(?), plus basically every other client has even more drawbacks when it comes to E2EE.

My team recently tried RocketChat, but E2EE is obviously an afterthought for that project as it has even more limitations than non-Element Matrix clients (no searching, no pinning, no file upload, no edit, etc.). Plus Jitsi integration seems to be buggy right now (at least on my Windows installation).

What else is out there that's not on my radar? Is Matrix with Element really the best option right now? Is there no project that puts E2EE above all else?

Edit: Should be self-hostable and (FL)OSS.

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[–] Lemmchen@feddit.de -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean by “independent clients” - multi device login?

Yeah. Right now you have to have Signal running and connected on a phone. If the phone is off or not connected to the internet, you can't use the Desktop client.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Signal on the desktop does work even if the phone client is off, FWIW. This might have been true at one point, or at least for other apps, but it's no longer the case.

ETA: you can even use the desktop app without a smart phone, although the setup not for the faint of heart... Just illustrative of how you shouldn't need a smartphone (at least, not one that's even turned on more than once a week) for Signal to work on the desktop.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For some reason, adding a desktop client didn't work for me, so I am stuck with Signal-cli. Good thing I don't have to use Signal that much. Anyway, I think not having an option to register right in the desktop client is absolutely unacceptable.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Sounds like you might want to look into why the desktop client isn't working, especially if you aren't trying some strange, unconventional setup for getting it that way.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

Signal Desktop is restricted but you can install Signal in an emulator, somehow scan that QR code and deactivate the app from the emulator