Signal Adds a Payments Feature–With a Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency

• Synapse

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> The state of secure messaging is really bleak. I wish Matrix had an IM-style client that was decent enough for non-technical users to adopt.

See Element [1] which uses Matrix [2]. It feels like IM, and is super simple to onboard new users. I'm not involved with it, but I'm a huge fan of the Matrix ecosystem.

If you want group chats to be mixed in with 1-1 chats, try SchildiChat [3], a fork of Element.

[1]: https://element.io/

[2]: https://matrix.org/

[3]: https://schildi.chat/

• Element

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  A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

  

> The state of secure messaging is really bleak. I wish Matrix had an IM-style client that was decent enough for non-technical users to adopt.

See Element [1] which uses Matrix [2]. It feels like IM, and is super simple to onboard new users. I'm not involved with it, but I'm a huge fan of the Matrix ecosystem.

If you want group chats to be mixed in with 1-1 chats, try SchildiChat [3], a fork of Element.

[1]: https://element.io/

[2]: https://matrix.org/

[3]: https://schildi.chat/

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• session-desktop

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I thought Session(1), a signal fork, was ridiculous for adding a crypto currency, but now Signal is doing it too?

I don't want this stuff in my messenger. It's supposed to send messages, not money. This is just going to accelerate my departure from Signal - or at least the official client.

1: https://getsession.org/

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> Probably because all conversations (1-to-1 and group chats) are E2EE.

They are in WhatsApp, too. At least Facebook claims that :) And: Did you verify this? Did you check the source code at signal's android/ios client repo? Did you also verify that nobody untrustworthy receives your backed up keys?

Why do you trust Google more than say, Facebook? [1]

[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/d74e9f74103...

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