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> While it's interesting, I'm failing to see what the use case is.
I'm unclear if it supports relay mode, but if so, you can invite Matrix, Signal, and WhatsApp users into the same group chat! [1]
I've been using this on my self-hosted version of the bridge and it does wonders for those friends who are on Signal but don't want to try another app.
Also, a lot of people just don't want to swap between apps for direct messaging people on different services. This means you can use any Matrix compatible app [2] to chat with anyone on Matrix/WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram.
[1]: https://github.com/mautrix/docs/blob/master/bridges/python/s...
[2]: https://matrix.org/clients/
I thought about all that libpurple did back then, including OTR encryption that worked perfectly fine with others.
These days I think that most services try to make money with stuff that was built decades ago already, and they're just keeping the reinventing cycle spinning.
Anyone remember the franz app [1] ...which finally led to the hardfork of ferdi? [2] I feel that element one is franz all over again.
[1] https://meetfranz.com
[2] https://github.com/getferdi/ferdi
I thought about all that libpurple did back then, including OTR encryption that worked perfectly fine with others.
These days I think that most services try to make money with stuff that was built decades ago already, and they're just keeping the reinventing cycle spinning.
Anyone remember the franz app [1] ...which finally led to the hardfork of ferdi? [2] I feel that element one is franz all over again.
[1] https://meetfranz.com
[2] https://github.com/getferdi/ferdi
I want this to take off. I'm tired of having to follow trends: IRC to ICQ to MSN to Skype to Google Talk to Facebook Messenger to Whatsapp to Signal.
Pidgin is good (I also miss the ancient Trillian, even though it was closed source), but limited to a local device.
There are XMPP Transports as well for these (see https://git.eta.st/eta/whatsxmpp , https://gitlab.com/nicocool84/spectrum2_signald , but sadly https://spectrum.im/ is surprisingly finicky to set up.)
I want this to take off. I'm tired of having to follow trends: IRC to ICQ to MSN to Skype to Google Talk to Facebook Messenger to Whatsapp to Signal.
Pidgin is good (I also miss the ancient Trillian, even though it was closed source), but limited to a local device.
There are XMPP Transports as well for these (see https://git.eta.st/eta/whatsxmpp , https://gitlab.com/nicocool84/spectrum2_signald , but sadly https://spectrum.im/ is surprisingly finicky to set up.)
Not sure what exactly they were referring to, but here are some of them: https://github.com/libremonde-org/paper-research-privacy-mat...
Not sure what exactly they were referring to, but here are some of them: https://github.com/libremonde-org/paper-research-privacy-mat...
sneak’s pet issue is https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/11655: that element web assumes that you want to log into the matrix.org homeserver by default unless you change its config to default to a different one.
The libremonde research is over 2 years old now, and the valid bits of it were addressed at the time (https://matrix.org/blog/2019/09/27/privacy-improvements-in-s...)
Now there is another open source alternative: Matterbridge (https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge) connecting: Mattermost, IRC, Gitter, XMPP, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Rocketchat, Twitch, SSH-chat, Zulip, WhatsApp, Keybase, Matrix, Microsoft Teams, NextCloud, Mumble, VK and more.
The use case is simple: instead of using plethora of IM apps, have all your conversations in one place.