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Ask HN: Self-hosted E2EE messaging with file/attachment support

4 pointsby isoosover 3 years ago
Is there a self-hosted end-to-end encrypted messaging platform that also supports attaching files, images or other stuff along the messages? It seems that OMEMO is not there yet.

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upofadownover 3 years ago
In current XMPP usage, the E2EE stuff like OMEMO is only used to transfer a password. That password is used to encrypt the content which is uploaded to a http server associated (and often built into) the XMPP server. A http link is sent to the other end and that link is used to download the content.<p>The double transfer is slow, but experience has shown that direct connections between clients simply can not be made completely reliable in the current network environment.