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Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

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I've been using the self hosted version with a 10-person team for a year now and so far we like it. It's not as good as Slack (yet), but if you need to self-host, I can absolutely recommend it.

Mattermost PM here, thanks for using the product! :)

Do you have any wishes for improving Mattermost for your team?

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

#12

How can it be secure if they are able to track you this far? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31852914

Security isn't the same as privacy. Using Facebook you don't have privacy, but the platform containing your data isn't likely to be compromised (your account's password being guessed is the most likely method of compromise, and that's in your own hands).

Though I wonder if this distinction will go the way of the dodo / hacker / crypto, since a lot of people seem to not understand this in recent years (mostly since privacy became a bigger topic, first with Snowden but even more since GDPR enforced it). If the words privacy and security are both used to mean privacy in common language then we need a new word to communicate the previous meaning of "security". Kind of annoying when a language changes and existing words are redefined, but it's not as if an evolving language a new phenomenon.

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

#13
post #5

I love mattermost and host it from a a server in my closet (used for internal communication only, not accessible outside of my network)

Mattermost PM here, thanks for using the product! Love to hear it :)

Do you have any wishes around Mattermost? We're always looking for ways to improve the product experience.

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

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post #6

I've been using the self hosted version with a 10-person team for a year now and so far we like it. It's not as good as Slack (yet), but if you need to self-host, I can absolutely recommend it.

Mattermost PM here, thanks for using the product! :) Do you have any wishes for improving Mattermost for your team?

Integration with Google Meet

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

#16
post #14

Mattermost is amazing! We used it with multiple teams over a period of a few years. Self hosted. Cheap of resources. All of the necessary features are there and very well thought out.

Thanks for the kind words! Mattermost PM here :)

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

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I wished my Organization would adopt Mattermost. Using it for years as a Chat to stay in touch with my friends.

My Org uses MS Teams (because it is already bundled with MS 365). What Mattermost is missing is a Videochat / Videoconferencing option - there is a plugin but I didn´t tried it yet: https://mattermost.com/marketplace/microsoft-teams-meetings/

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

#18
This would be interesting if E2EE was officially supported. I could run a server for a group instead of using a hosted service, but it would never fly if the administrator (me) could read their messages.

I see there is a plugin for it¹, but not having something so core in the main product makes me sure there will be friction and user support issues.

[1] https://github.com/quarkslab/mattermost-plugin-e2ee

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

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This would be interesting if E2EE was officially supported. I could run a server for a group instead of using a hosted service, but it would never fly if the administrator (me) could read their messages. I see there is a plugin for it¹, but not having something so core in the main product makes me sure there will be friction and user support issues. [1] https://github.com/quarkslab/mattermost-plugin-e2ee

You should check out Element.

Re: Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration

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post #17

I wished my Organization would adopt Mattermost. Using it for years as a Chat to stay in touch with my friends. My Org uses MS Teams (because it is already bundled with MS 365). What Mattermost is missing is a Videochat / Videoconferencing option - there is a plugin but I didn´t tried it yet: https://mattermost.com/marketplace/microsoft-teams-meetings/

When I was on a project that used Mattermost we had BigBlueButton integrated. It worked adequate. As a user, at first I didn’t even realize that BBB was a separate thing.
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