When was the last time you used it? They’ve been working hard on fixing the encryption bugs, and it shows. I haven’t seen a glitch in… maybe half a year now?
I use matrix weekly with about 3 different (all verified) clients and every single one of my encrypted group chats has had this issue.
Perhaps it has gotten better, but every once in a while some messages simply won’t decrypt, and it’s hard to determine why.
I checked just now and I can’t see one user’s messages sent in the last 48hrs (other users can, and I used to see them too). I haven’t signed out of any sessions and AFAIK they are verified.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Matrix. I host my own server. I think it has the most potential to become an industry standard, but it’s still a rough ecosystem for the non-technical.
Out of curiosity, which client and OS sent the messages in question, and which client and OS says it can’t decrypt them?
I’ve seen that behavior in the past, but like I said, it has been more than a few months. It’s possible that at least one end of your conversation is using a client that hasn’t received the recent-ish fixes. It might be helpful if we could identify it.
For “real-time communication” for individuals who don’t want to maintain their own communication infrastructure, the information around https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/ is surely at least somewhat useful.
The recommendations might not be suitable for “government communication” or for people who are capable of setting up and maintaining a lot of infrastructure since I wouldn’t describe the infrastructure required as being easy to host independently: it doesn’t seem to be easy to set up 3 servers and make it possible to use them to communicate even if something bad happens to the communication network maintained by the original creators of the software. However, the Matrix protocol might be unsuitable for this too, since it is considered to be “social networking software” now, and it is no longer considered to be “great for securing your sensitive communications”: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/social-networks/#element
Honestly, federated FOSS makes so much sense for government communication, as it insulates them from reliance on corporate entities.
I just wish Matrix’s E2EE worked better. Even if you have all your keys managed probably, it’s still really unreliable.
When was the last time you used it? They’ve been working hard on fixing the encryption bugs, and it shows. I haven’t seen a glitch in… maybe half a year now?
I use matrix weekly with about 3 different (all verified) clients and every single one of my encrypted group chats has had this issue.
Perhaps it has gotten better, but every once in a while some messages simply won’t decrypt, and it’s hard to determine why.
I checked just now and I can’t see one user’s messages sent in the last 48hrs (other users can, and I used to see them too). I haven’t signed out of any sessions and AFAIK they are verified.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Matrix. I host my own server. I think it has the most potential to become an industry standard, but it’s still a rough ecosystem for the non-technical.
Out of curiosity, which client and OS sent the messages in question, and which client and OS says it can’t decrypt them?
I’ve seen that behavior in the past, but like I said, it has been more than a few months. It’s possible that at least one end of your conversation is using a client that hasn’t received the recent-ish fixes. It might be helpful if we could identify it.
For “real-time communication” for individuals who don’t want to maintain their own communication infrastructure, the information around https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/ is surely at least somewhat useful. The recommendations might not be suitable for “government communication” or for people who are capable of setting up and maintaining a lot of infrastructure since I wouldn’t describe the infrastructure required as being easy to host independently: it doesn’t seem to be easy to set up 3 servers and make it possible to use them to communicate even if something bad happens to the communication network maintained by the original creators of the software. However, the Matrix protocol might be unsuitable for this too, since it is considered to be “social networking software” now, and it is no longer considered to be “great for securing your sensitive communications”: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/social-networks/#element