What I’m looking for ultimately is a universal chat type app like Beeper that can handle Signal and SMS, however, reading this about it gives me pause. It would be nice if I could get all my peeps on matrix, but since it was so hard to get them on to Signal, I think the best I can hope for is something than can handle matrix, signal, and sms. Which brings me back to the title, how exactly do Matrix bridges work and are they secure?

EDIT: SMS is insecure by its very nature, yes?

    • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s fair, Signal is probably not small enough to be considered a gatekeeper. I doubt Signal is going to be the only messenger that doesn’t take advantage of this, though.

      You don’t have to talk to people who use WhatsApp if you don’t want to, you can always ignore their messages or block them.