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1. Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 17:40:34 UTC Chris Trottier

   As a messaging app, Delta Chat looks a lot like WhatsApp or Telegram. But it's really just a souped up email client.

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 17:40:31 UTC Chris Trottier

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     Delta Chat also uses Autocrypt. This is problematic because not every email provider supports Autocrypt -- if yours doesn't the messages won't be encrypted.

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 17:40:32 UTC Chris Trottier

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     Using email protocols for social apps has big benefits. But there's a catch.

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 17:40:32 UTC Chris Trottier

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     Delta Chat is built on Push-IMAP. That means a lot of privacy-focused email providers, like Protonmail, won't work Delta Chat because they don't support IMAP for receiving email.

     soloojos (Mastodon) repeated this.
   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 17:40:33 UTC Chris Trottier

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     Because it's just an email client, Delta Chat is not running any messaging servers. The company doesn't store any messages. It's end-to-end encryption is GDPR compliant.