The end-to-end encryption means very little if you have your messages backed up in iCloud because the encryption keys are also stored with the messages in iCloud according to this FBI document. If thatâs the case, Apple can definitely read your messages as well as (obviously) any government agency who can make a legal request to Apple.
@movq@www.uninformativ.de Group chat is still pretty rough around the edges, especially if you want encryption. I donât use it with my friends. If you need group chat, itâs probably better to use something else.
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I donât have much family and I talk to them on the phone but Iâve been there on two occasions with friends and Jabber.
They attribute unrelated things to it, like âI canât send messages to you, I donât reach you! It doesnât work!â
This scenario has played out the same way for me multiple times. Itâs uncanny.
I have some friends on Jabber now but it took time to make that happen. It helps that Conversations on Android is really good. I just hand them $5 cash and have them buy it on the Play Store so I donât have to answer questions about F-Droid and APK files.
On iOS, I recommend Siskin IM which works most of the time but I need to set it up for them because it doesnât handle captcha registration very well (fields are shown that shouldnât be and itâs confusing) and it doesnât enable OMEMO by default (iirc).
I also used to refer to it as âXMPPâ, but I think that made it worse for me. âJabberâ is much less technical-sounding and some people remember hearing others talk about it.
@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net Great, now your car can slam the brakes randomly in addition to jerking the steering wheel randomly, i.e. lane keep assist. All these âsafety featuresâ add a fun new challenge to driving. You need to constantly be aware of your carâs computer misinterpreting something and respond to its reaction or youâre going to end up in a ditch or in the front of a 10 car pileup.