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Matrix is great, but it leaks a ton of data.
by betwixthewires 4y ago
Matrix is great, but it leaks a ton of data.
- fsflover 4y agoTo whom? AFAIK if you self-host, no data is leaked.
- rakoo 4y agoIf you and everyone you talk to are hosted on servers you trust, down to the physical provider, yes. EDIT: if the person you're talking to is hosted on Google, Google has all the metadata. Even if one person is hosted on Google and is part of a room you're in, Google has all the metadata in that room. In 2022 e2ee is the standard for messages but not metadata, and unfortunately Matrix doesn't tackle it, so no, you can't expect 100% privacy.
- cfhhgtyg 4y agoSignal is hosted on Amazon
- rakoo 4y agoBut the backend of Signal doesn't store who talks to who, so Amazon can't have that information. It also doesn't store what groups exist and who is part of it.
- cfhhgtyg 4y agoNobody knows that except amazon and signal. Would be interesting to know if Amazon could reconstruct that information without Signals knowledge
- cfhhgtyg 4y agoSo does Signal: who when with whom Matrix does leak more meta data though, e.g. message relationships for instance, but what does that matter?