Stop Using Encrypted Email (2020)
I think it would make more sense to point to the Matrix protocol instead of Signal.
Matrix is actually decentralized like Email, allows any service provider as well as app provider - free to choose as a user.
It supports Perfect Forward Secrecy (based on the Signal Protocol), arbitrary many devices and &quot;one verification for each individual&quot;.<p>Well, you might argue Matrix stores meta data server side (the ones chosen), while Signal at least doesn&#x27;t have to.<p>But do you really want to give up all that freedom trusting a single service provider in that really no data is kept?<p>Maybe you can wait until Matrix allows you to avoid signing up on a server using P2P[0], then you have got it all, and don&#x27;t have to commit to an alternative that has advantages, but also big draw backs.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27077660" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27077660</a>