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Re:I don't trust Signal by Arathorn on Thursday August 09, 2018 @10:52AM (#17724670)
Yes, it can - for instance the Matrix servers that the French government runs do this by default already. We haven't exposed this as a config option and pushed it into mainstream Synapse yet because of https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/6779, but the tweak for doing it is:

https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/3426/files

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Re:I don't trust Signal by mindB on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:04PM (#17726046)
Is this true? As far as I know, even in rooms with m.room.encryption, you can still send normal m.room.messages. Or does the config option you're describing automatically setup room PLs such that m.room.message can't be sent?
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Re:I don't trust Signal by Arathorn on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:26PM (#17726322)
technically you can still send normal m.room.messages (or anything else), but any spec-compliant client will refuse to do so in a room where m.room.encryption has been enabled.
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