Comment on Selfhosted messenger/community software like discord
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
If you run things on your own server and have no federation there is no point in e2ee.
If you already have an XMPP server, maybe add an easy to use Movim web-client to it. People that are used to Discord seem to have little trouble adapting to it, but it isn’t a full feature equivalent to Discord obviously.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Just because they run the server doesn’t mean the users want them to be able to access the messages.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Then just don’t?
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Whether I do or don’t is irrelevant, it’s the fact I can read them that’s the problem.
Nobody will use your selfhosted services if they know you’re able to snoop. People tend to actually be very privacy conscious. Ironically they keep using online services that shit on their privacy, but that’s mostly because they don’t realize how bad it is. Also it’s super ironic that this realization only comes around when they’re exposed to private selfhosted services.
I get these kind of questions from friends and family all the time. I propose to backup their files on my server and enter them into the incremental backup rotation, one of the first things they ask is “so you’ll be able to see my files”. I propose to set up Immich so photos can be automatically backed up and they get face recognition and so on, they refuse because I would see all their photos. I offer them to use something like video or music streaming, they ask if I’ll be able to see whenever they go online and listen/watch something and when the answer is yes they say no thanks.
And to be honest I don’t want to know those things either. And for some things it’s possible to avoid it, like for the files I can set up an encrypted backup. But I can’t help having access to Immich photos or see when they’re listening to music.
Everybody needs their privacy and as a selfhoster you need to be very mindful of that.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Uhm, honestly that’s a you issue if your own friends and family don’t trust you even that much.