Subj : Re: Long Day
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Jan 26 2022 13:21:45

 te> Access to Matrix from e.g. Element is via TLS-protected connections,
 te> which is similarly secure, if not more so because one uses certificate
 te> authentication and those certs are signed, unlike the n^2 key
 te> distribution problem of SSH, no?
 te> 

Matrix does seem quite awesome.  Some people I know were discussing having a kind of private group space.  One mentioned BBS's, but that was for nostalgic reasons, partly.  Matrix is more usable.

 te> Your choice, of course, but I think exposing them to the more general
 te> tool is useful in itself.
 te> 

I kind of do agree, but if they want to chat with friends, and we as parents don't want them on social media, or to create accounts "elsewhere", you've got go with options they can use easily.  People here are quite sceptical about allowing kids on "the Internet", which to many lay people, means public forums with predators, etc. 

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