I wanna know if MATRIX recipients know my IP, and more globally what the recipients know about me (how the matrix protocol works). THX

  • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    6 months ago

    That doesn’t sound realisticly threatening to me. Besides, if I want the highest security and privacy I use onion routing.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.net
      4·
      6 months ago

      lol, why are you even posting on a privacy community then? And using Tor doesn’t help at all in that case.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      1·
      6 months ago

      That doesn’t sound realistically threatening to me.

      The problem is that the vast majority of Matrix users are on the same server. So if you have a public or private room, most likely one of them will join your room from said server, thereby collecting and uploading all your room data to said server. Because of this, their servers probably contain the metadata of 99% of the Matrix-verse. Which is then very interesting to, and highly susceptible to, dragnet operations from various 3-letter agencies.

      Realistically it’s not a huge threat, and a huge step up from some other platforms, but it is undesirable for sure.

              • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                6 months ago

                That’s not what you initially said. There’s ahuge difference between a gov and a random server

                • helenslunch@feddit.nl
                  1·
                  6 months ago

                  My initial reply was 1000% about your Metadata being available for exploitation by the government.

                  Even if not directly, it will be used in computer models designed to profile you for further targeting like they already are in Pasco county.