Yes, the headline has decentralized and messenger in the same sentence. Sounds good, doesn't it? The question is: How good is Jami and could it be on our list of the best recommendations for 2021? Let's dive in! Jami, formerly known as Ring, is a peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted messenger, the...
TL:DR; A bit, but not enough to panic. As always, I’m gonna lay out my bias up front: I like Signal. That’s not to say I think they’re perfect or that I don’t have a list of complaints with them ranging from trivial to serious,...
if you've followed our messenger service provider reviews over the years you'll have realised our team is are big fans of decentralization and that matrix-based apps (Element, SchildiChat etc.) are always high on our list when it comes to good secure messaging apps. One issue with Element, however, is metadata...
In our Messenger roundup we always try to look at encryption, decentralisation, privacy and the company behind the platform but , of course, usability has to be another important factor. We have looked at XMPP in the past, and it seems to be one of the better solutions, most of all...
Another weekend, another encrypted messaging outage. Sort of. This past weekend, Element was removed from the Google Play store. Fortunately at the time of writing, this has been resolved and Element has been restored to the Play store. It turns out that the app was banned due to “extremely abusive...
Last week, I wrote a blog about encrypted messaging app Signal’s 24-hour outage. I rightly pointed out that this outage impressed the need for services of all sizes and purposes to embrace decentralization for the sake of stability to avoid future outages like this one – outages that are undoubtedly...
