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great project getting better all the time!

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Encryption is a mess with Matrix. Randomly doesn‘t decrypt messages. Most non-techies don‘t get the process of saving key files or creating secure passphrases.

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Looks like someone didn’t read the article. See part 4: Invisible Encryption. (Also note the Conclusion paragraph that explains the new functionality is only just starting to appear in clients.)

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I did. I referred to the current version and the comment that is has always been a great project.

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Honestly in my experience all issues with decryption have been solved for more than a year. No matter if im using android, web or desktop. Idk about apple shit but thats just not a priority probably.

Todays desktop release finally enables the new voice/video calls/rooms feature which was the last serious complaint i had.

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Even this week I still had the issue where I couldn’t decrypt messages in Element on android.

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Awful to self-host (resources, administration) and rolling their own crypto

On the UX-Side it’s too complicated to explain to my parents.

I’d love for it to succeed, but for now I’ll just stick woth Signal

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rolling their own crypto

No, it uses well-known, well-proven, standard crypto.

It also uses double-ratchet key management, much like what Signal does.

The reference server is a bit heavy if you’re federating with large public rooms, but lighter alternative servers are available.

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they do have a special crypto usage which they have sensibly rewritten in Matrix 2.0

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