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| ===== E2EE Communications ===== | ===== E2EE Communications ===== |
| SMS (normal "texting") is very officially [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/06/fbi-warns-iphone-and-android-users-stop-sending-texts/ unsafe]] for **all** communications that we would hope/expect not to be snooped upon. Therefore, E2EE ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption end-to-end encryption]]) is a must-have for how we communicate. There are a few ways we normally communicate: 1-on-1 (in other words, the same as texting), many to many (this would be group texting), and threaded discussions (the ability to manage your own level of commitment/interest/notification levels for multiple topic-based discussion threads as opposed to every message goes to every person every time). This E2EE communications section will primarily address software used for 1-to-1 communication, and threaded communication | SMS (normal "texting") is very officially [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/06/fbi-warns-iphone-and-android-users-stop-sending-texts/|unsafe]] for **all** communications that we would hope/expect not to be snooped upon. Therefore, E2EE ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption|end-to-end encryption]]) is a must-have for how we communicate. There are a few ways we normally communicate: 1-on-1 (in other words, the same as texting), many to many (this would be group texting), and threaded discussions (the ability to manage your own level of commitment/interest/notification levels for multiple topic-based discussion threads as opposed to every message goes to every person every time). This E2EE communications section will primarily address software used for 1-to-1 communication, and threaded communication |
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| ==== 1-to-1 Communication ==== | ==== 1-to-1 Communication ==== |
| * Can be run independently | * Can be run independently |
| * Negatives | * Negatives |
| * Notifications can be a bit unreliable - occasionally notifications don't appear on mobile devices | * Notifications can occasionally be broken by Android updates, but there is an [[e2ee_communications_matrix_notification_fix|easy fix]] |
| ==== Threaded Communication ==== | ==== Threaded Communication ==== |
| === Discord === | === Discord === |
| * Positives | * Positives |
| * Negatives | * Negatives |
| * Requires a phone number to join | * Can not be hosted independently |
| * Can not be run independently | |
| === Matrix === | === Matrix === |
| * Positives | * Positives |
| | * Can be hosted independently |
| * Negatives | * Negatives |
| * Notifications can be a bit unreliable - occasionally notifications don't appear on mobile devices | * Notifications can occasionally be broken by Android updates, but there is an [[e2ee_communications_matrix_notification_fix|easy fix]] |
| | === Mattermost === |
| | * Positives |
| | * Can be hosted independently |
| | * Negatives |
| | * "Freemium" model - extra features are only available in subscription |
