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Why does Matrix give servers the option to prevent disabling read receipts and why does the official matrix server do it? (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

Basically the only thing actually encrypted in matrix e2e are the message contents itself. All other possible types of associated metadata, aren't.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Is there a given reason for this? Is it something they're working on changing? I know very little about cybersecurity, but that sounds like a suboptimal situation.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
    • There are efforts to encrypt more information and metadata, and to reduce the extent metadata can be correlated
    • The primary reason that things aren't encrypted is to allow the server to perform necessary parts of the protocol, like deciding who is in a room, what the title of the room is and to whom should messages be delivered.
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