You're trusting whoever runs the hardware that they're not snooping on you
Correct... So put EVERYONE into one basket... Or split everyone up into multiple baskets...
Now I dunno about your mom... But mine told me to not put all my eggs into one basket.
You're not. Everything is encrypted.
How the fuck would you confirm that? Maybe the sysadmin is running a forked version of matrix that just says it's encrypted but actually logs everything in clear text.
I don't think that's how it works? It's the client application that has the key for the end to end encryption, not the server. I don't think you need to trust the matrix server you use? I could be wrong, I don't know matrix particularly well.
Who are you trusting with what?
You're trusting whoever runs the hardware that they're not snooping on you
Correct... So put EVERYONE into one basket... Or split everyone up into multiple baskets...
Now I dunno about your mom... But mine told me to not put all my eggs into one basket.
You're not. Everything is encrypted.
How the fuck would you confirm that? Maybe the sysadmin is running a forked version of matrix that just says it's encrypted but actually logs everything in clear text.
I don't think that's how it works? It's the client application that has the key for the end to end encryption, not the server. I don't think you need to trust the matrix server you use? I could be wrong, I don't know matrix particularly well.
https://www.wired.com/story/matrix-patches-vulnerabilities-that-completely-subvert-e2ee-guarantees/
...why would they do that?
Why do people phish, dumpster dive, or social engineer? So they can snoop and grab anything of value.
There is nothing of value.
What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?
Baking powder.