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What's your chosen Matrix client? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm relatively new to using Matrix, so far I've given Element and Fluffy Chat a try. I've preferred Fluffy Chat so far, I dunno it kinda just seems more reliable and I like the mobile app, but I was wondering if there's any others that are worth checking out. I mainly use Linux, Windows, and iOS.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"the current art of signals intelligence is not reliant on the content of the message but the metadata"

Because encryption works. The contents of a message is more valuable than the metadata.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'd say this: state's aren't looking for content. They're looking for behavior. Social-graphs and related metadata is far more revealing than reading the contents of messages. For targeted espionage by human analysts matrix has a nice function to replicate database silently to a third-party (without the user's knowledge). Though that's not really needed (end-points are wide open and vulnerable), but it's there as a core of the protocol.

Again, encryption works at obfuscating the message. Mass surveillance at a state level doesn't use the contents, but has developed other methods. The contents themselves are irrelevant. The man-power to create a surveillance regime on content makes it infeasible.