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I am searching for a selfhosted and secure (end to end encryption) chat platform for my family (5-20 users), possibly one i can host on a raspi.

Is matrix a good choice, or should i try something else?

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[–] Lemmchen@feddit.de 19 points 5 months ago (10 children)

XMPP only does it with certain client extensions. And Matrix only does it when the rooms are set up this way. SimpleX does what you want, but is kind of unintuitive for the average user.
I say go with Signal, it does what you want and is idiot-proof.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 8 points 5 months ago (7 children)

It is literally one setting in Matrix to force all rooms to only do encrypted messages.

Signal is pretty unintuitive when it comes to multiple devices per user, device transfers after a device has been lost,etc.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Signal is perfectly good under normal usage. Everything is unintuitive when it comes to extremes like losing your device.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't say that. With most Matrix Clients, WhatsApp, etc. it's far easier. Especially from a perspective of a elderly,less tech adept user.

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