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And if so, why exactly? It says it's end-to-end encrypted. The metadata isn't. But what is metadata and is it bad that it's not? Are there any other problematic things?

I think I have a few answers for these questions, but I was wondering if anyone else has good answers/explanations/links to share where I can inform myself more.

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[โ€“] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It can be fully end to end encrypted and still drop keyword-based metadata into the envelope. But also, I am pretty sure that the feds can access the keys if they need to. It's e2e encrypted, but that doesn't mean the key stays on your device.

[โ€“] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That too, yeah. Actually, look at Matrix Bridges. Any one of your contacts can give access to this third-party to decrypt your chats, so... yeah.