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by olah_1 1524 days ago
> Yet Matrix is gaining traction while XMPP is not

Considering the way in which Matrix spreads unencrypted metadata (even rooms and participants in the rooms, let alone chat events) as far as possible across the network, this traction is quite insidious.
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wusspuss 1524 days ago
How much worse than XMPP is Matrix in this regard? On XMPP your and your interlocutor's server can see who you talk to
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zaik 1523 days ago
Not a lot better, but in public MUCs your JID is hidden to everyone except the server the MUC is hosted on. Also MUCs can be configured to only send a limited amount of history to new participants.

For this reason I'm somewhat uncomfortable joining Matrix rooms over bridges, since it leaks my XMPP address and participation to everyone forever.

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