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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by qwertox on Saturday January 30, 2021 @07:27AM (#25968525)
> This jeopardizes every email, xmpp, matrix, etc; basically any 3rd party application.

Except of course Google's own applications. Gmail, Hangouts/Meet/whatever-it-currently-is, Chrome.

Luckily it's not possible to display illegal content with Google's own apps /s

I remember when my nephew got groomed on Google Plus, I was way to naive to think that this would not be occurring in Google's walled gardens. But in there, it turned out to be quasi-public.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by Aerroon on Saturday January 30, 2021 @07:44AM (#25968614)
>Luckily it's not possible to display illegal content with Google's own apps /s

Perhaps one day they will make this argument to justify having to spy on everything you do with their software.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by arduanika on Saturday January 30, 2021 @07:49AM (#25968640)
> my nephew got groomed on Google Plus

That is genuinely horrifying and I'm so sorry for him and your family.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by devoutsalsa on Saturday January 30, 2021 @09:23AM (#25969285)
Don’t worry. Google will kill it’s own chat apps. Sad but true.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by sneak on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:06AM (#25970138)
The app in question wasn't suspended for illegal content, it was suspended for profanity.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by pmlnr on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:17PM (#25970842)
That's ridiculous on it's own. I mean... got out on the street and listen to how people talk.
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