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submitted 5 months ago by GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I don't think people on this sub use it, but it's great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.

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[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Have you used this protocol at all? You CAN receive messages when offline, this is not IRC. And media uploads don't seem to be such a problem.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I have. With various clients. It sucked.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just don't get what you're referring to when it comes to "not receiving messages while offline". The only thing that comes to mind that does this by design is OTR, but that's outdated anyway...

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

OMEMO didn't allow it either, and IIRC I couldn't do it while doing it in plaintext either.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Weird, never got such issues. OMEMO is what I use in my DMs, and it was designed with offline messages in mind (and it does work for me). I know this sounds like "works on my machine", but this is the first time I hear about this happening consistently.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, man. I tested with a friend. We used Pidgin, Dino, all the famous clients. I don't know what's up.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago

Ah, okay. Weird. I have used it between Gajim, Conversations, Dino and some terminal one I don't remember (used by the online friend).