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Telegram apparently censor queer groups (mastodon.social)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Whenever a user adds a new client (device), all conversations recipients should have to approve in order for them to see the chat history.

Why though? In case of a public chat or a chat with at least few dozens of users it'll already be excessive if it could work at all.

All chat history and groups are peer 2 peer

Like really P2P or E2E? Because I know at least one chat app that is serverless but doesn't involve E2E apparently - tox. E2E is an overkill for big group chats because it means you have to re-encrypt every message for every new user for them to see it. Else if you rely on just a fixed shared key it's not E2E anymore (which will make some people sad and hate your app).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why though? In case of a public chat or a chat with at least few dozens of users it'll already be excessive if it could work at all.

For public chats, you wouldn't need to approve, only for private chat groups.

Like really P2P or E2E?

Yep real P2P. The design is inspired by BitTorrent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

For public chats, you wouldn't need to approve, only for private chat groups.

I get that but it kind of defeats the purpose. If your group is so small that it's worth it for every member to approve new ones then it probably doesn't produce enough content for each new member to care about.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

See, we're already the Messenger Working Group 😂