cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26007254
ArcaneChat: Private chats for the family
ArcaneChat is a FLOSS private and secure messenger focused on privacy and friendly user experience.
💬 Reliable instant messaging with multi-profile and multi-device support.
⚡️ Sign-up easily and anonymously, no phone number or any private data required.
🎮 Interactive mini-apps in chats for gaming, shopping lists, productivity and collaboration.
🔒 End-to-end encrypted chats safe against network and server attacks.
ArcaneChat is a Delta Chat client and it is compatible with other Delta Chat clients.
Source code: https://github.com/ArcaneChat/
I know what the servers do. My question is direct, because it would answer an important detail that has been left unanswered. Can the chat clients work with any email provider or only Delta/Arcane configured email servers? Because if they work with any email provider, people are going to shoot themselves in the foot by allowing insecure servers. If its the latter, then at least the clients enforce some safeguards.
And until its done, its leaking metadata.
A lot of security is based on theoretical attack vectors. This is why security is hard, you have to invest time and effort to secure areas that could be exploited at some point in the future, not just what we know today. It’s why Signal and Apple have developed and enabled quantum-resistant encryption in their messaging platforms (Source).
Considering people get hacked left and right all the time and the constant barrage of breaches, not the highest bar set.