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Until Matrix/Riot resolves their problem of having a centralized identity server[0] I wouldn't recommend it. [0]:https://gist.github.com/maxidorius/5736fd09c91

Until Matrix/Riot resolves their problem of having a centralized identity server[0] I wouldn't recommend it. [0]:https://gist.github.com/maxidorius/5736fd09c9194b7a6dc03b6b8d7220d0 https://gist.github.com/maxidorius/5736fd09c9194b7a6dc03b6b8...

swalladge 7y ago
Yeah that's true, if you wanted a private server a la mattermost/riot/slack, it wouldn't be ideal. However, I feel it's a decent tradeoff at present for what it's aiming for.
Arathorn 7y ago
Matrix does not require a centralized identity server (which exists only for optionally discovering users on Matrix based on their email/phone numbers). The linked gist is loudly complaining (amongst other things) that Riot's default config points at a centralised one by default. We've already fixed this (https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/10553 https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/10553) by simply removing the concept of default identity servers entirely and instead prompting the user to select on demand whichever one they want to use, if they actually try to look up a user based on email/phone. It should be released in Riot 1.4 (on Web, and equivalent ones on mobile etc) in the coming weeks. You can see our response to that original gist at https://matrix.org/blog/2019/06/30/tightening-up-privacy-in-matrix https://matrix.org/blog/2019/06/30/tightening-up-privacy-in-..., and you can track progress over at https://vector-im.github.io/feature-dashboard/#/plan?label=privacy-sprint&repo=vector-im/riot-web&repo=vector-im/riot-ios&repo=vector-im/riot-android&repo=vector-im/riotX-android&repo=matrix-org/matrix-doc&repo=matrix-org/sydent&repo=matrix-org/synapse https://vector-im.github.io/feature-dashboard/#/plan?label=p... (which has a cache from yesterday published at https://matrix.org/~matthew/privacy-sprint.html https://matrix.org/~matthew/privacy-sprint.html).

swalladge 7y ago

Yeah that's true, if you wanted a private server a la mattermost/riot/slack, it wouldn't be ideal. However, I feel it's a decent tradeoff at present for what it's aiming for.

Arathorn 7y ago

Matrix does not require a centralized identity server (which exists only for optionally discovering users on Matrix based on their email/phone numbers). The linked gist is loudly complaining (amongst other things) that Riot's default config points at a centralised one by default. We've already fixed this (https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/10553 https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/10553) by simply removing the concept of default identity servers entirely and instead prompting the user to select on demand whichever one they want to use, if they actually try to look up a user based on email/phone. It should be released in Riot 1.4 (on Web, and equivalent ones on mobile etc) in the coming weeks. You can see our response to that original gist at https://matrix.org/blog/2019/06/30/tightening-up-privacy-in-matrix https://matrix.org/blog/2019/06/30/tightening-up-privacy-in-..., and you can track progress over at https://vector-im.github.io/feature-dashboard/#/plan?label=privacy-sprint&repo=vector-im/riot-web&repo=vector-im/riot-ios&repo=vector-im/riot-android&repo=vector-im/riotX-android&repo=matrix-org/matrix-doc&repo=matrix-org/sydent&repo=matrix-org/synapse https://vector-im.github.io/feature-dashboard/#/plan?label=p... (which has a cache from yesterday published at https://matrix.org/~matthew/privacy-sprint.html https://matrix.org/~matthew/privacy-sprint.html).