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minus-squareYarHarSuperstar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoI was told that unless you self host, matrix is less secure because it leaks more metadata. Something to consider
minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoLeaks more metadata? What does that mean?
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agosender, 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
minus-squareElrecoal19_0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoDamm, didn’t know that, good to know
minus-squarebreadguyyyyyyyyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoit’s not even true information, the new tech stack is zero trust
minus-squarebreadguyyyyyyyyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agothe new cryptographic protocol protects metadata, like signal. the servers know nothing about any encrypted chats
minus-squareElrecoal19_0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSo the guy above the guy avobe me was wrong?
minus-squarebreadguyyyyyyyyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agosorta, the old clients still have bad cryptography and the new client isn’t fully featured yet
I was told that unless you self host, matrix is less secure because it leaks more metadata. Something to consider
Leaks more metadata? What does that mean?
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
Damm, didn’t know that, good to know
it’s not even true information, the new tech stack is zero trust
What does this mean?
the new cryptographic protocol protects metadata, like signal. the servers know nothing about any encrypted chats
So the guy above the guy avobe me was wrong?
sorta, the old clients still have bad cryptography and the new client isn’t fully featured yet