Comment on Matrix let-down
Eldritch@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe site isn’t hosting the file. Sure you can host your own FTP etc. But there is a lot of security risks and vulnerabilities that arise because of that. You can even host your own Magic wormhole. It’s under MIT license. Just have to open the ports Etc. It should however theoretically have a lot less attack surface than HTTP FTP and similar protocols. Nothing is invulnerable of course.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Weird, so where is it uploading the file to?
Not that it matters, because none of that is the problem. Hosting my own media on my own server is much more convenient than p2p transfers and equally secure. The problem is the “extra steps” require to transfer files this way.
Eldritch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s simply acting as a connector. And directing traffic around Nat Etc or lay people or those who don’t want to bother with setting up and securing server software or such things