In 2024, I want to start recommending a secure and open solution for real-time text&photo chats (person-to-person and group) for techies and non-techies alike. Something we can confidently recommend to friends, family, people we just started dating, etc., and they will be happy with it on the their phones, tablets, and desktops.
I'm currently leaning towards recommending Matrix and whatever are the most easy-to-use apps at the time. Unless Element is giving off concerning signals, or something better comes along.
A serious IETF standard with much the same properties as Matrix would be nice.
(I haven't entirely ruled out Signal, as a stopgap measure, but the current proprietary-ness isn't something I want to recommend, and I really don't like that it can only be active on one mobile device at a time.)
I'm currently leaning towards recommending Matrix and whatever are the most easy-to-use apps at the time. Unless Element is giving off concerning signals, or something better comes along.
A serious IETF standard with much the same properties as Matrix would be nice.
(I haven't entirely ruled out Signal, as a stopgap measure, but the current proprietary-ness isn't something I want to recommend, and I really don't like that it can only be active on one mobile device at a time.)