I'm still not entirely sure what problem Sup is trying to solve. Matrix already exists. Matrix supports E2EE through the signal protocol, as well as native federation, and it bridges to almost any existing chat service. Matrix is inherently less secure, overall, than Signal, but I don't see how Sup would fix this either -- for that I'll have to wait and see. As for using one's fedi account to sign-in, that's mostly just up to supporting OAuth, and not some feature that would be unique to the app.

[–] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How is matrix less secure? If you don’t mind me asking.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's harder to maintain security due to more complexity of federated systems and Matrix does not have as much global security community looking at it as Signal has.

[–] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I guess that’s a fair assessment. A counter argument on that statement could be safer due to the smaller user base since it is not as on the radar. Or that the various implementations could be more secure since there are multiple choices in server deployments in a few different languages even. That being said synapse is definitely the most dominant by a wide margin.

[–] Kalcifer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I point you to this thread, and this thread for explanatioins from those who are more knowledgeable on the topic than I.