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Clients for Matrix? Newbie wanting to check out matrix chats (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Heyy, how's it going? After finding Lemmy and pushing myself to try it out I'm loving it, so if this is the reddit alternative, what about that discord alternative everyone's talking about? Matrix. Tried downloading Element and got some kind of error message at the beginning, it's probably fixable, but I could also not bother and get a different client. Anyone that uses Matrix has clients they'd recommend?

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't know much about security, but I avoided using Lemmy on my phone for example, is it safe to use something like matrix on your phone?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago*

    A modern cell phone is just another computer with different underlying hardware. The security is dependent more upon the software & OS, and there can be flaws in those regardless of the hardware. Anything connected to the Internet (or any outside connection, really) is technically a risk. Nothing is ever certain.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    I guess that primarily depends on which OS you're using on phone and computer and how you define "safe". I find Windows and Android inherently unsafe. Linux and GrapheneOS, mostly safe.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago

    safest- id say, I don't think anything is 100% safe, like on pc i use linux and I feel that's safer than the old ass Iphone I use. Like on a phone they can decide tomorrow "oh btw we are gonna scan your entire phone now just because or record your screen or whatever" while on linux I feel that's not a thing.

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