Does Matrix encryption scale? Telegram rooms have a huge number of participants. Also last time I looked into this, Matrix encryption was also an opt in.
Many people seem to think that Telegram tries to be a Signal or Matrix replacement. I dont think Telegram tries to be any of that. If anything you can compare it to Discord, except much better.
To enable synched e2e conversations accross many devices you also need to synch private keys, which is a security nightmare.
Does Matrix encryption scale? Telegram rooms have a huge number of participants. Also last time I looked into this, Matrix encryption was also an opt in.
In Matrix all PM rooms are E2EE by default.
For public rooms however, it doesn't really make sense to enable E2EE.
Many people seem to think that Telegram tries to be a Signal or Matrix replacement. I dont think Telegram tries to be any of that. If anything you can compare it to Discord, except much better.
To enable synched e2e conversations accross many devices you also need to synch private keys, which is a security nightmare.
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Even whatsapp does it now
Does it? Last time I used WhatsApp I could not use it on my desktop without scanning a QR code each time and keeping the phone nearby.
You need to scan the QR code only the first time using the desktop app.
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