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is Matrix/Riot.im really private? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I haven't hosted my own matrix server yet. is it safe to join an instance? I don't really know how private that would be. the question is when I signup/login would I be giving out my IP? is the metadata private? sorry for asking this, I'm just a bit paranoid

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

you have a point there... maybe I should just use XMPP+Mumble server for voIP. I'll avoid matrix as for now as long as it has many privacy holes. and I already know how to use XMPP over tor which is convenient.

how is XMPP's end-to-end encryption though, I heard alot of varying opinions on that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

For me e2ee on XMPP with OMEMO works fine, never had problems with it. But I guess your best experience will be if both sides use the Conversations client on Android.