:BoostOK: Because DMs are not end-to-end encrypted on Mastodon or on any Fediverse social media platform, your instance admin can read your DMs, and so will any unauthorized individuals if the DMs gets leaked.
If you send a DM to anyone on the Fediverse, make sure it's something you wouldn't mind if it ever gets leaked. If you DO mind, use a privacy-respecting end-to-end encrypted platform like Signal, Session, or Matrix.
Alternatively, you can encrypt your messages using PGP if they list their PGP key in their bio and send them via DMs on the Fediverse. Even better, you can use PGP to send your Signal, Session or Matrix address via DMs.
I agree for the most part. I'll add some additional options.
First, XMPP is a well established protocol that lots of apps have used that came before Matrix. (I don't know if the Matrix folks knew about XMPP before they started or not.)
@tcely what's wrong with pgp ? I keep seeing people say variations of it's awful, but aside from all the normal foss-fussiness I don't see the issue? It has smart cards also, which I can't find for age
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