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Re:Mastodon Explained by remram on Saturday November 05, 2022 @10:15PM (#33488154)
Whatever your software, the person running it can read your messages. Unless you're using a non-web client that does E2EE, of which there are none right now.
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Re:Mastodon Explained by LanternLight83 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @12:22AM (#33488966)
> a non-web client that does E2EE

Yeah, I guess secure scuttlebutt comes to mind? But it's kinda it's own thing, notably with it's own scaling issues when it comes to widespread use.

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Re:Mastodon Explained by woojoo666 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:17AM (#33489291)
Does mastodon even support E2EE? If you want encrypted chat rooms, isn't that what Matrix is for
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Re:Mastodon Explained by remram on Sunday November 06, 2022 @02:04PM (#33495902)
The server has the bits to do it [1], but clients need to implement it (they are the "ends" in "end-to-end encryption" after all). However this hasn't seen much interest from app developers and users.

[1]: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/13820

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Re:Mastodon Explained by Drblessing on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:19AM (#33489738)
> non-web client that does E2EE

Signal?

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Re:Mastodon Explained by 411111111111111 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @02:22AM (#33490063)
Signal has a web client? Link please.
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Re:Mastodon Explained by swores on Sunday November 06, 2022 @06:37AM (#33491515)
Signal is a non-web app, but not (afaik?) a client for Mastodon.
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