Hello everyone! Are there any benefits of hosting your own XMPP server, considering I always use end-to-end encryption in all of my chats?

  • karlexceed@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 years ago

    You could determine which XEPs to support…? Also, the usual benefits of hosting your own services. But neither is really a strong selling point IMHO.

    • pinkolik@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 years ago

      Is there any point in not supporting some of XEPs? Could you give me examples, please?

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    3 years ago

    e2ee only protects the content of your messages, but not the meta-data. If you run your own XMPP server or use a small one run by someone you trust, the meta-data is much better protected than on a larger public XMPP server.

      • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        3 years ago

        For example the IP address of all the devices you use to connect to the server.

        Also all the internal communication that happens between users on the same server… like who is connected to whom and talks to whom at what time etc. Some of it will of course leak to remote servers in a federated network, but with your own server as an inter-mediator a lot of the meta-data is only known to your own server.

        e2ee is actually massively over-emphasised and basically snake-oil by the large centralized networks (like WhatsApp or Signal). The data they are really interested in is the meta-data that allows them to make accurate advertisement profiles of their users. And the CIA famously kills people based on meta-data alone.