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Mastodon will get end-to-end encryption for private messages thanks to Sovereign Tech Agency
(blog.joinmastodon.org)
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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This is great. I think one critique of the fediverse is the lack of privacy, so it's a welcome development.
What? By whom? How?
E: why am I being downvoted for asking a question?
Well, I mean, there is a lack of privacy. That's kind of how the platform exists architecturally. I just don't find that to be a problem, per se. It's a social platform, which makes sense to me for everything on the protocol to be "open" to one degree or another. Not everything has to be securitymaxxed.
I agree with you. It's a social platform. Most people might think it's a nice feature, but I don't think E2EE is an urge.