If you make anything public, you will have to deal with it. You should be mentally prepared for that from the start.
(yes I'm salty about that still)
Matrix is developing a privacy IM, you do not really moderate that now, do you? Leave the rooms that raise your cortisol level.
It isn't reasonable to expect users to be 'mentally prepared' to have their devices download child porn because they visited a chat room for support about the chat app they're using.
Imagine someone sending you a link that you open and then now you have child porn or whatever else on your hard drive, cached. Quite a shitty situation to be in.
Perhaps avoid non-technical rooms or rooms in which you do not trust people.
I guess the correct legal approach would be to go to police with this.
And the correct technical approach to keep online spaces clean, is the ability to kick, mute or ban people who violate the rules.
Saying, "just be mentally prepared" sounds to me like accepting it. Well, I don't. I go somewhere else.
> Saying, "just be mentally prepared" sounds to me like accepting it. Well, I don't. I go somewhere else.
Exactly! You should be going somewhere else. Another Matrix instance, or at the very least another room, and you will be fine.
Well, but I never decided to hang around for longer. Maybe it is because the moderation tools are simply lacking? I would miss the option of not restricting certain users to send pictures in a group.
I would not consider Windows secure at all, and it seems futile to use a privacy-oriented IM on Windows, it really defeats the purpose.
Imagine using Windows with Recall enabled that takes screenshots of your conversations all the time. You can be using the most effective IM for privacy but it would not help.
So what is the moral of the story? We have shitty laws, and you should not use Windows. :P
This is unacceptable.
I mean, when does this actually end up with consequences for anyone? Even on managed and surveilled company devices I'm not expecting this to cause any harm to anyone involved. IT staff at previous employers and clients had other things to worry about.
Maybe I'm just not familiar with some legal jurisdictions or cases where this was a cause of concern. Let me know.
Users tend to be less aware of these things than the operators of such servers (or at least, that's how it should be).
> Matrix is developing a privacy IM, you do not really moderate that now, do you?
No, but you can create mechanisms for the users to flag problematic accounts.
> Leave the rooms that raise your cortisol level.
The filth will follow the users. That's the whole game plan here: to cause grief.
As for flagging problematic accounts: how would that work in a decentralized E2EE system, and do you think it cannot be abused? What would you want them to do if I flag your account a million times? Keep in mind they probably may not be able to keep up with it, nor do I expect them to. Additionally, you still should be able to use the service due to its decentralized, privacy-preserving nature, so the worst thing that may happen is getting banned from a Matrix instance, or a room.