Poll: Is Federation/Decentralization bad? (and notes on XMPP)

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@TheDoc

XMPP (for the most part) is absolutely not very private or secure
I’d say it is a security nightmare.

Matrix is even worse.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libremonde-org/paper-research-privacy-matrix.org/master/part1/README.md
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libremonde-org/paper-research-privacy-matrix.org/master/part2/README.md
• What happens when a Matrix server disappears?
• Matrix notes - anarcat

@TheDoc

If you want an anonymous, secure, decentralized messenger, I think SimpleX Chat would be my first recommendation. Matrix and/or Session would perhaps come in second or third. I don’t foresee any situations where I’d use or recommend XMPP.

At least OMEMO supports forward secrecy so that would put XMPP above both Element and Session.