matrix-puppet-signal

The good thing is that matrix can be bridged to Signal[1], to allow for a smoother transition period. This is also true with Whatsapp[2], but against their terms of service, so you risk getting banned, and built on reverse-engineering, plus you need an android VM of some sort. I've been personally moving my family to Signal, since that provides the best UX and easier transition from Whatsapp. Once I'm comfortable enough with it, we'll likely transition to matrix. What Matrix is missing is in my view: - Client with simple UI, polished UX, and not just a smoking pot of features: FluffyChat[3] is mostly there. - Server of which I can guarantee the uptime. Dendrite should lower the resource usage for a ~5-100 accounts server, and decentralised identities[4] would allow falling back to another server (such as a friend's). We're mostly there, s

Moxie has been very anti-federation when it comes to Signal for a few years[0] (while I disagree with his reasons, he is right that having a centralised system does make it easier to make protocol changes without splintering your user-base). There is a Signal bridge[1], but it's incredibly hacky (it does some ungodly things with JavaScript to re-use the Signal Chrome App) and requires you to register Signal for a device and then use the linked device configuration to get messages. Personally that's far from ideal, and I think a better solution would be to actually set up a full-on fake device with signal-cli[2] (an unofficial wrapper around the Signal Java library) and then forward things. Unfortunately, Signal bridges would necessarily have to man-in-the-middle your messages (breaking a lot of the benefits of the Signal crypto). You coul

There is a signal bridge [0], but it is a little hacky. I would imagine moxie won't condone an 'official' bridge to matrix, given his stance on federated chat. Also: any realistic (short-term) bridges will have to basically be a man-in-the-middle, breaking the end to end crypto. In the (very?) long term MLS [1] may allow for e2ee through a bridge, but that would probably mean that signal has to explicitly support it. Given the track-record of OWS I personally doubt that would happen, but I'm just a random guy from the internet, so what do I know. I do know that the matrix people are looking at MLS and are willing to implement it in matrix if it finalizes, though they'll currently focus on their own megolm implementation, which is very close to being perfect, from my perspective. [0] https://github.com/matrix-hacks/matrix-puppet-signal [1]