Post #3529805

2026-06-16 21:53 UTC

@delta@chaos.social I used Delta Chat since it's invention, but I just deinstalled it, since I gave up hope for it to get an option to prevent others deleting messages on *my* devices!!! The other thing that prevented adoption at least for group chats is that there can't be firm admins for groups. There's great work in Delta Chat & it made huge progress over the years, but forcing remote message deletion & unlimited editing onto all users is an absolute no-go.

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@delta@chaos.social 2026-06-16 22:18

@STP_KITT@mastd.racing We actually also got a lot of people being thankful that they could remove messages they had sent to the wrong chat, sometimes with sensitive info. See also https://www.typing.com/br/articles/making-digital-mistakes As to editing one's own messages, we didn't hear many complaints although in theory it could be problematic. Mostly it's used for typo-fixing and fixing some grammatical nonsense, or some inline web-link. #deltachat is meant for usage with somewhat trusted people, not unknown people who try to trick you.

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@r10s@mastodon.social 2026-06-18 09:52

@STP_KITT@mastd.racing @delta@chaos.social to be clear for casual readers: others cannot delete random messages or chats. only the sender can edit and delete their messages - as well as they can *add* a message to *your* device

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@ben@kwiecien.us 2026-06-18 10:15

@STP_KITT@mastd.racing Have you tried SimpleX? @delta@chaos.social

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