It will be open source, end to end encrypted using Signal’s double ratchet encryption protocol, and he plans to make it easy for fediverse platforms to integrate it. The beta will release later this month.

He’s also the creator of https://fedidb.org btw

  • ren (a they/them)@lemmy.world
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    While I doubt I could get my friends and family on yet ANOTHER messaging app in the year of our lord 2023.

    Sup. Is a fucking brilliant name.

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        1 year ago

        I remember idly wondering how DMs worked in Lemmy, and I was kinda shocked when I realized they aren’t secure.

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          “secure” is relative. They may not be e2e encrypted, but they are still encrypted via TLS, like any HTTPS traffic. It’s the same encryption used for online banking. If you care about your instance admin being able to read your messages, you should use Signal or a Matrix client though.

          But remember that only a few years ago, almost nobody used e2e encryption, and it wasn’t much of an issue.

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      I personally hate the name, but only because I had a roommate in college who would start every conversation with “sup.”

      On text messages, IMs, in person, you name it. It really started to get under my skin.

      But I hope the software is good.