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This is not about some general vague problem with "extremism" of which supposedly all sides are guilty. This is about the emergence of a right-wing terrorist movement which has alr…

Riot.im uses the OLM encryption library (that is also used by XMPP OMEMO, see the OMEMO XEP). The OLM protocol is (I gather) very similar to the Signal protocol. Riot is based on M…

Riot.im is almost there, together with e2e crypto, foss stack, server federation and bridges to slack, irc etc.

Matrix.org/riot.im has working federation, end-to-end cryptography, works without Google Play and is completely open source. The encryption is audited, but not yet enabled by defau…

I'm surprised to see that matrix.org / riot.im is not mentioned as an alternative to Signal. They have a federated, open protocol, usable open-source apps for web/Android/iOS, regi…

If you are interested in federation, riot.im [1] / matrix.org seems to have comparable security properties to Signal, allows federation of servers and does not require your phone n…

At the moment, Signal and Wire seem to be the best options. They have open-source clients, end-to-end encryption, are easy enough to use that even less-computer savy people can be …

I totally agree. My hope is that because Matrix has an open protocol, there will be more competition in the client space which will lead (eventually) to good UX.

riot.im [1] (which is based on matrix.org) seems a good, decentralized, open messaging app. They have relatively nice mobile apps and they promise to soon release end-to-end encryp…

As far as I know, the identity is just a public key. You can add contacts only by either scanning a qr-code disayed on your contact's phone in person or by being introduced to each…

I am very hopeful that Briar ( https://briarproject.org/ ) will achieve this. They don't use any centralized infrastructure, the app works even when the net is down, and they have …

Metadata-free chat exists already on the desktop with Ricochet ( https://ricochet.im ) and it will soon exist on mobile with Briar ( https://briarproject.org ). Both work through T…

I took part in the Whiteout crowdfunding and I think that their client was very promising, especially as there is still no Free Software client for Android that supports PGP/MIME p…

In principle, this should work - I haven't tried it, but in Conversations, the fingerprints of my other connected devices show up and I can say that they belong to me. In any case,…

I'd be very excited to see more Free Software instant messaging applications support OMEMO ( http://conversations.im/omemo/ ). It's basically TextSecure's Axolotl protocol with a f…

I'm not affiliated with the project, but from what I gather from the description, the reason is that they want to have completely open hardware.