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  • It’s news from 2023. It’s nice to see a formal paper covering it. It lacks a comparison to other apps to judge about it. Is it good compared to other servers that only that information is in plain text or is whatsapp better than matrix in that regard?

    And does it actually matter? What is important to encrypt?

    It’s strange that the server shares the IP to other servers. That’s not really useful for another server.

    This research presents the first comprehensive forensic examination of Matrix’s server-side artifacts, specifically focusing on the Synapse Homeserver implementation across 175 database tables and structured log entries.

    Although much research has explored encrypted messaging apps like Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, and iMessage, little attention has been paid to the Matrix protocol and its self-deployable server application, Synapse.






  • In microeconomic theory, an agent gains utility from consumption and has a willingness to pay. If a normal product has a higher price than the willingness to pay is, he will not consume that product. He will consume another product.

    I am not sure if I shall laugh but you are suggesting to ignore the willingness to pay and just pay whatever the price is because your utility from dining out is incredibly high.

    You can easily substitute food at a restaurant. Food at restaurants is mostly not even good anymore. You are doing yourself a favor if you do not consume their ultra high processed food.

    Also, you may have enough money to spend as much as you want for a cup of coffe but there are people, most people, who can (or should) not afford a cup for 5 bucks because buying a pack for 8 lasts all month vs 150 if consumed every day.

    Craving is a very bad state for the mind. Becoming free of craving gives you more than consuming all the shiny stuff that you see all day long, everywhere.




  • I use and support FOSS and gpl but this “guide” is poorly written. Use better wording. There are valid reasons to go for MIT.

    The MIT is a very common and lax license today. It is one of the most common licenses for open source projects. Such licenses make exploitation of volunteers by big corporations as easy as taking candy from a child, so they can takeover the FOSS scene and make users pay the price for things that otherwise could be free (both in price and in freedom). That’s why all big corporations heavily push permissive licenses.

    If you value freedom of software, don’t just use the MIT or other lax licenses, unless you have a good reason to do so.