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by kreetx 476 days ago
I wonder why can't we have a fully open source e2ee that would be easy to use?
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> I wonder why can't we have a fully open source e2ee that would be easy to use?

what would you say about simplex's UX? https://simplex.chat/docs/guide/readme.html

Signal is fully open source.
Matrix is getting there.
I keep hearing about Matrix (protocol) for a long time now.

Wikipedia says [0] it was started 10 years ago. I wonder what's the hold up?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)

I'm already using to to chat with my friends and family. The basic features are sufficiently polished IMHO.