It will be open source, end to end encrypted using Signal’s double ratchet encryption protocol, and he plans to make it easy for fediverse platforms to integrate it. The beta will release later this month.
He’s also the creator of https://fedidb.org btw
I’ve been unhappy with the direction Signal has taken in recent months and Matrix always felt like it was trying to do too many things at once.
Happy to see something that would integrate directly into Fediverse platforms as it will greatly enhance interplatform communication.
Like a better FB messager.
You should try Beeper too.
I’d never heard of that until now, looks amazing!
Beeper is truly fucking amazing.
SimpleX looks intriguing
It’s great, I’m migrating all my contacts to it. AGPL, no phone number or identifier, decentralized, official lemmy community, fast development pace, …
Session too. Not a big fan of signal since it requires giving them your phone number.