So is it like using Diaspora? On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Jonathan Frederickson < silverskull...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > i've posted some issues i have with their privacy policy here, but > > haven't had time to follow up. if they're compliant with data requests > > on the official servers, would it suffice to have more servers? most > > people would end up in the official ones, since they're being > > recommended by default when you install the android app. > > It would only help if you're sure not to communicate with users on the > matrix.org servers (or any other server whose privacy policy you > disagree with). To a certain extent that's just a reality of using a > federated service - it exists across multiple servers, each of which > must comply with local laws and likely has its own privacy policy. > Realistically, if you're concerned about that, use end-to-end crypto. > > Re: most users being on the official servers, there was actually some > interesting discussion about that in the Matrix HQ room a few hours > ago. A quote from Matthew, who I believe is the project lead: > > >in terms of visible traffic, i don't know that we've actually counted the > total, but on a daily basis about 20% of the traffic passing through > matrix.org HS is incoming via federation, iirc. > > ...so while most users are using the official server, a good chunk of > Matrix use is through unofficial servers. > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu. >
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