#DeltaChat breaks the one app, one ID rule of phone-number-based apps by supporting multiple chat profiles. This allows for true private messaging where you can keep a public identity for the Web or Fediverse separate from a private one for family and friends. Managing multiple selves is a new experience for many, but it is key to digital autonomy. We are working to make multi-profile handling even smoother in upcoming releases to ensure switching contexts is seamless. (3/3)
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The total privacy of #DeltaChat has a trade-off: there is no global directory. Connecting for private messaging requires a direct QR scan or using an existing channel to exchange invite links. The hurdle is often the readiness of friends, family, or those around you to switch. However, once connected, the app is an enjoyable daily driver. It is about moving to a space where you cannot be found by strangers, but can still enjoy modern, reliable chat with those who matter. ... (2/3)
#DeltaChat breaks the one app, one ID rule of phone-number-based apps by supporting multiple chat profiles. This allows for true private messaging where you can keep a public identity for the Web or Fediverse separate from a private one for family and friends. Managing multiple selves is a new experience for many, but it is key to digital autonomy. We are working to make multi-profile handling even smoother in upcoming releases to ensure switching contexts is seamless. (3/3)
@delta you lost me with multiple selves
@nathanael maybe think of it like having a 'Work Phone' and a 'Personal Phone'—but inside one app. You can have one profile for the public web or your job, and a completely separate one for your close family and friends. This way, your work contacts don't see your personal profile picture, and random people from the web or your job can't interrupt your family time (Profiles can be wholly muted).
@delta but matrix works without the central en identity server, i never opted in for that and can use it fine. Which features do you lose there that deltachat does have?
(Love deltachat btw)
@wmd thanks 😊 With Matrix, you have free choice of server (unlike with Signal), but afterwards the selected server becomes an identity host, and controls access. It also manages membership in groups, for which metadata is stored on the server. Chatmail relays do none of that. They just relay encrypted messages, and forget about them soon afterwards.
@delta and that's why #PGP/MIME as with #deltaChat is the only option besides #XMPP+ #OMEMO that ofers real #E2EE, because without #SelfCustody any claims of #E2E - #Encryption are just " #TrustMeBro!"-Style #MarketingLies!