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The accusation of centralization isn't about the home server you use, but what self-hosted matrix server software sends to third parties. It's what was quoted i
by readflaggedcomm 5y ago
The accusation of centralization isn't about the home server you use, but what self-hosted matrix server software sends to third parties. It's what was quoted in the gray box from here https://gist.github.com/maxidorius/5736fd09c9194b7a6dc03b6b8d7220d0 https://gist.github.com/maxidorius/5736fd09c9194b7a6dc03b6b8...
- miloignis 5y agoBut how is that connected to bridges? Is the accusation that a self-hosted homeserver reports back information about accounts linked through bridges? I don't think that's true at all.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoIt's not quite directly connected: only the user on the Matrix side of the bridge has their Matrix home server reporting on their connection. However, it does see into channels the user joins. When the bridge to Rizon came about, it made people very uneasy that their channels were being broadcast to the Matrix mothership (since Matrix.org runs bridges for everybody to use) just because a user who used the bridge joined. (Ultimately Matrix turned off that bridge, according to Rizon, and I'm not sure if because of complaints. Other networks discourage bridging entirely, like QuakeNet.)