Privacy

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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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In what ways would bridging messages from a proprietary app to a free one be more private? (feddit.it)

submitted 2 days ago by dontblink@feddit.it to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Let's say I want to bridge from WhatsApp or telegram to Matrix, have I gaibed something in terms of privacy? In which case would it make sense? Public group chats? Direct chats?

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago

Using a bridge can sidestep telemetry that comes with official apps/clients. The services will also see a ping from your bridge server rather than, say, a direct ping from your mobile device. Make sure to self-host if you want to avoid introducing new parties to your communication stack.