>the official servers will become pay to use by the end of the year in some cases
Source?
Redpill me on Riot.im
Hudson Gray
Jaxon Sanders
Signal > Wire per security and privacy reasons,
but whatever, they both good alternatives, as they completely Open-Source,
not like Wickr
Signal - "Does the app encrypt metadata? = YES"
Wire - "Does the app encrypt metadata? = MOSTLY"
source: securemessagingapps.com
Signal - "Does the company log timestamps/IP addresses? = NO"
Wire - "Does the company log timestamps/IP addresses? = SOME"
source: securemessagingapps.com
Signal - "Profile information = STORED; CLIENT-SIDE ENCRYPTED"
Wire - "Profile information = STORED; NOT CLIENT-SIDE ENCRYPTED"
source: en.wikipedia.org
Signal - "Chat metadata = NOT STORED"
Wire - "Chat metadata = STORED"
source: en.wikipedia.org
Signal - "Profile information = NOT STORED"
Wire - "Contact lists = STORED"
source: en.wikipedia.org
"Wire - Caution: The company keeps a list of all the users you contact until you delete your account."
source: privacytools.io
P.S. If you care about needing phone number to register, just get free pre-paid even internet one and forget about it.
Parker Sanchez
ring
/thread
Jonathan Johnson
Wire requires a phone if you register via an app and not desktop. So there's that.
Isaac Foster
about.riot.im
>Riot is free
>No limits on features, group size or usage for public and private rooms
>Paid hosting plans coming soon.
Jace Wilson
So register on the desktop or using the browser.
Pic related is from the site, they're both pretty much identical. I wouldn't use anything that needs a phone number, so I personally am against Signal. Nor would I use anything closed source (threema/wickr).
Jayden Butler
The Matrix protocol is really neat, but Riot is a bloated memory hog
Ethan Morris
Not only that but riot is not private at all. Matrix is good but riot is shit
Christian James
Ironically, the main benefit of using riot is that you're not tied down to riot. Since it uses matrix, any compatible client can be used (though, not that many yet). Not to mention they're trying to bridge as many protocols as they can.
You can actually have a room containing a friend that uses IRC, a friend uses slack and all three of you can chat with each other.
Daniel Hernandez
In what place riot is not open source?