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Can we start a group in wire? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I use wire (wire. com) for daily chatting. I like it but I couldn't find any good communities in wire. In session, or simpleX, there are privacy (and other) groups in which anyone can participate.. Can we start a privacy group in wire so we folks can also hang around?

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[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whats with matrix?

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's possible to disable encryption in Matrix. Some matrix clients dont even support encryption.

E2E Encryption is always on in Wire, no exceptions

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And its centralized andnogt self hostable :D

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago

Wire is self hostable. Both client and server are open source.

[–] bh64@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

avoid matrix https://gitlab.com/libremonde-org/papers/research/privacy-matrix.org/-/tree/master/part1

XMPP it is.

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you checked the XMPP default settings? Its not even e2ee

[–] bh64@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what are you talking about? XMPP doesn't have such a thing as default settings. It varies from client to client. There are clients which have E2EE enabled by default, clients which make it available, others that support it with a plugin and there are others that do not support E2EE.

That's no excuse to avoid XMPP. XMPP is an open standard, the key is choosing a good implementation.

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Well the article you linked stated that as bad thing for matrix... Have you read the article? Just think about it the same way but with XMPP