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minus-squareunknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoXMPP does have something that breaks my heart: it bounds encryption to a very specific client. So forget about migrating to something else and keeping your history somehow. Which is very sad for supposedly interoperable protocol.
minus-squareRheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoAre you talking about omemo and a scenario where you buy a new device and want to sync your entire history from the server?
minus-squareRheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoMost clients also offer OpenPGP which has the properties you are looking for.
minus-squareunknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoYou don’t even need another device. You might just want to try another client app. You’d be screwed. That’s very, very sad.
minus-squareleetnewb@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoThat is how perfect forward secrecy is supposed to work.
minus-squareunknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThat’s a terrible UX. If you have a protocol independent from clients, at least the chat database backup should be standardized. It’s not. That means you’ll forever get stuck to one client. This is absolutely terrible for any organization.
XMPP does have something that breaks my heart: it bounds encryption to a very specific client. So forget about migrating to something else and keeping your history somehow. Which is very sad for supposedly interoperable protocol.
Are you talking about omemo and a scenario where you buy a new device and want to sync your entire history from the server?
Most clients also offer OpenPGP which has the properties you are looking for.
You don’t even need another device. You might just want to try another client app. You’d be screwed. That’s very, very sad.
That is how perfect forward secrecy is supposed to work.
That’s a terrible UX. If you have a protocol independent from clients, at least the chat database backup should be standardized. It’s not.
That means you’ll forever get stuck to one client. This is absolutely terrible for any organization.