Also, this might be a dumb question : Alby also request permission to decrypt private message, so it no longer makes it end to end encrypted?
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Alby is a open source client side application. They keys are only in the software on your computer that displays messages.
end-to-end means it is encrypted from the sender to the receiver - but you need some software to decrypt it otherwise you'll never be able to read it. :)
this software must run only on your computer and nowhere else.
Thanks #[6]. Got the gist of it but appreciate the detailed explanation, and that you are your own trust factor.
important is the question where does it get encrypted or decrypted.
Is it software on your computer that only you control? (then only you can see it, good.) or is it software on a server run by somebody else. (then that other entity can also see it, bad.)
sadly sometimes this is a bit hard to see for the user - one good indication is if it is open source software running on your computer.
I leaned into the standard user path of installing Google chrome extension so I’m guessing Google has a an upper hand ? (More hw than sw person to manage dev expectations :) )
So install this then ? (Depending on OS )
GitHub - getAlby/alby-installer-windows