Mastodawn

A lot of messaging systems try to reinvent the email system but many (signal, matrix, xmpp) took over one key traditional design which we actually dropped while retaining SMTP/IMAP compatibility: server-controlled identities.

With #chatmail user identities are cryptographic and reside on end user devices only. Servers are only message relays and have no control over identities or chats, only perform fast message routing. See this fosdem talk by one of our lead developers https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/fosdem/2026/ud2218a/3F9VTU-deltachat-chatmail-relays-multi-transport.av1.webm

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🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧🔧📎 Ambiyelp Feb 5

@delta Reminds me of SimpleX, if you can add quantum-resistant encryption and easy multi profile management and throwaway (incognito) profiles like simplex then the privacy and anonymity features would probably be on par and I'd consider switching to get away from the far right dev team.

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #SimpleX #DeltaChat #QuantumResistantEncryption #FarRight

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rakoo Feb 5

@ambiguous_yelp @delta I'm biased (although not a dev) but multi-profile and throwaway accounts are already the case, it's so easy to create and delete accounts I juggle with a dozen of them while I only really need one or two 😅

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🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧🔧📎 Ambiyelp Feb 5

@rakoo @delta

I'm glad to hear that I will have to take a closer look. Classical encryption is still a deal breaker though because of Store Now Decrypt Later attacks, SimpleX uses the double ratchet algorithm developed by signal, maybe DeltaChat could too idk if that's helpful.

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #SimpleX #Signal #DeltaChat #QuantumResistantEncryption

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rakoo

@ambiguous_yelp @delta I'll let the experts chime in but "I stored everything and now I know what you said 10 years ago" isn't what gets people killed. What gets people killed is "I know who you are talkint to" and this is what deltachat has been focusing on. Not dismissing the first one, in fact the team has been working on it and making progress, there was a talk at fosdem but the recording isn't out yet.