When asking about which communication and collaboration platform to use, a use case and threat model are defining factors.
We should not advise any particular end user profile - especially the ones with criminal behavior - to use any communication platform that may facilitate their illicit business fin4774" Seriously, there are
bad guys reading these forums and I really pay attention what and how I write anything - no need for aiding and abetting indictment.
Of the humor, ToX and Briar are beside being decentralized solutions - hence, there may be (are) performance penalties - simply another︀ jar with honey. Also, TOR may be implied with those solutions, so I would keep︁ any content above private from them.
XMPP is a stable protocol. As an overlay, can︂ utilize encrypted content - OTR, OMEMO, openPGP & S/MIME and other closed cryptographic solutions. By︃ architecture is centralized - which is decent - but can be federated - which is︄ optimal and clustered - which is perfect.
Rocket.chat is a not mature and is an︅ quasi-integrated derivative.
Never use something that is created just for the purpose of defeating the︆ surveillance.
Matrix
🙄 is a British blue pill
😎 Do not use it
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Sometimes, a properly implemented︇ TLS - as a transit encryption - offers more confidentiality then any content encryption designed︈ by youngsters can
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We tested plethora of competitors'︋ applications, including Simplex. They all failed, even SecuSmart and Silent Circle products and some from︌
https://www.ia.nato.int/niapc/Category/Mobile-Communications_51
I already wrote about︎ Simplex in
and generally about secure communication in
I will︆ always share publicly what I can - as I believe in certain transparency posture. But,︇ I will not publicly comment specifics nor go against competition.
Without secure environment, no application︈ and cryptographic system can protect the content.