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2025-01-21 23:33:48
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The Matrix.org Foundation on Nostr: nprofile1q…s5ua9 A Matrix homeserver is indeed aware of who its users are ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4jmd20dhdp53wx4heklfdvdkw67kg83fvqa2sawduz42ztpjdtxqxs5ua9 (nprofile…5ua9) A Matrix homeserver is indeed aware of who its users are communicating with, but WhatsApp has even more information about its users and their activity, so it's not clear to us why they only eliminated Matrix from the comparison table.

And while a homeserver does store chat content, it doesn't have the keys to decrypt a user's encrypted communications.

Vanishingly few communication tools completely liberate the user from having to trust, to some degree, the server operators.
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