They are saved in plaintext in the database but cannot be accessed by mods or admins unless reported (or having database access). For private communication you should use something like Matrix.
Yes Signal is open source, but it’s still a closed centralized platform. You could spin it up yourself of course, but it wouldn’t be able to interact with others spinned up in any way, which is why everyone just uses the “official” Signal servers and applications.
Matrix is a open standard protocol like IRC or XMPP. Anybody can integrate Matrix into their software (varying levels of difficulty) and it will be able to communicate with all other matrix software.
Not if we speak about admins in the context of Lemmy instances. I, for example, am admin at feddit.de. Yet only the owner has access to the VPS running the software and I am stuck with the options the Lemmy UI (or API) gives me.
They are saved in plaintext in the database but cannot be accessed by mods or admins unless reported (or having database access). For private communication you should use something like Matrix.
Signal FTW!
closed platform, use matrix or something where you control the line.
I thought it was open source, no?
Yes Signal is open source, but it’s still a closed centralized platform. You could spin it up yourself of course, but it wouldn’t be able to interact with others spinned up in any way, which is why everyone just uses the “official” Signal servers and applications.
Matrix is a open standard protocol like IRC or XMPP. Anybody can integrate Matrix into their software (varying levels of difficulty) and it will be able to communicate with all other matrix software.
Admins almost certainty have database access.
Not if we speak about admins in the context of Lemmy instances. I, for example, am admin at feddit.de. Yet only the owner has access to the VPS running the software and I am stuck with the options the Lemmy UI (or API) gives me.
To clarify, by “admin” I mean the owner of the instance server, not necessarily people being granted admin privileges.
Point is they are not private.
Yeah we can agree on that.