A collage of 3 different screenshots taken from my phone. They depict, from left to right, Element (Matrix), Conversations (XMPP) and Signal, all displaying the ability to verify which devices actually have access to your account or messages.

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   Marcus Adams (gerowen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 13:57:34 JST Marcus Adams

   I find myself these days hesitant to even consider any private messengers if they don't have the option to verify which devices/keys have access to your messages. #Signal, #XMPP / OMEMO, #Matrix, hell even Facebook Messenger's E2EE chats let you verify which devices can read your messages. If you're encrypting your users' messages, but they can't verify whether a rogue device has access to their messages, then why even bother encrypting them?

   #Encryption #Security #Cybersecurity #Privacy