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Is using an Matrix account from matrix.org private and secure enough to talk with my family members and people in general? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So, I was told to not use Signal, so all that is left is Matrix. And I am not techy enough to have my own server and neither are my relatives, so Matrix.org is the only option

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[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

telegram has a lot of illegal stuff on it. Plus the ceo has been caught and this way, the whole thing was compromised

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Okey, but I mean what are the threats to my privacy if I use telegram?

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

your data can land at french police, who caught Pavel Durov. i only use telegram to track custom rom updates, for that it is fine. but don't use it for private conversations

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

That is a shame, but still not a big surprise. In comparison Apple has been sharing all kind of iPhone push notifications with the US government. I guess no other app will save your privacy from gvt. iPhone notifications to US gvt.