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Suggest me a secure chat platform for my family (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am searching for a selfhosted and secure (end to end encryption) chat platform for my family (5-20 users), possibly one i can host on a raspi.

Is matrix a good choice, or should i try something else?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How do you convince your family/friends to switch to a new app on their smartphone and use one just to talk with you/others in the crew?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Frienda no, but I do use whatsapp bridges so I can have all conversations in one place.

Family with extreme nagging, and because I'm the IT guy of the house so they kinda trust me/can't be bothered to try and out-talk me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

WhatsApp bridge? How does it work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The chat server (matrix and xmpp have different ones, but same functionality) that act like a whatsapp desktop client. Have you ever run whatsapp desktop client on your pc, where you have to pair it with your phone? Same thing, but you do it withing a special "bridge" (usually as a bot) in matrix or xmpp. So you get all the messages in one place. But it doesn't work for calls, just for messages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I've never heard about those bridges, thanks! I'll have a look.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

My dad suggested me this after i told him about the new upload filters the eu is thinking about. Here is a link to a german blog post about it: https://netzpolitik.org/2024/anlasslose-massenueberwachung-frankreich-wackelt-in-der-ablehnung-der-chatkontrolle/#dokument