Delta Chat
#Signal took a huge bet that running on US big-tech toxic infrastructure is fine because its groundbreaking and industry-shaping cryptography is crafted to neutralize it and keep users safe.
But is it really feasible to live on toxic infrastructure in the longer run?
#deltachat rather takes a bet on the massive e-mail server network and interoperable protocols, and on #chatmail servers which enforce message encryption and metadata-minimization.
Delta is for when centralization turns sour.
Delta Chat
@mattcen We beg to disagree a little :) The e-mail system is a very wondrous beast and we are untapping interesting new possibilities with our #chatmail efforts. As to sealed sender/receivers that's entirely possible. However, we prefer to make further arguments in released code when the time comes and stars align ;)
Matt Cengia
@delta It's impossible to protect user metadata the way Signal does when you're constrained to SMTP as your protocol, though.
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Xoa Gray
@delta @chirpbirb If Delta Chat uses e-mail servers, and e-mail is inherently insecure, doesn't this also make Delta Chat insecure by default? If not, can you link me to an explanation of how Delta Chat's security works that a layman could understand?
Xoa Gray
@feld @delta @chirpbirb I'll check this out, thank you.
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