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[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I was told that unless you self host, matrix is less secure because it leaks more metadata. Something to consider

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Leaks more metadata? What does that mean?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

sender, recipient, chatroom, what kind of event you sent (message, emoji, reaction, vote), if you responded to a message, room privilege changes, etc

but it's a question how big of a problem is that. they want to tackle it in the future, but that's far away for now I think

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Damm, didn't know that, good to know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

it's not even true information, the new tech stack is zero trust

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

the new cryptographic protocol protects metadata, like signal. the servers know nothing about any encrypted chats

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Zero trust means there’s no trust assumed on the protocol - I.e. it distrusts all actors and the protocol takes steps to work in that trustless environment. I don’t know how that applies specifically to matrix.