IMPORTANT!!
Peeps, pls remember dat on Mastodon even *DMs n private toots* are visible to d Instance's Admins
Pls exercise caution while sharing private info/pix etc over DMs here...
@Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid
@discoursehacker pls Boost n spread d word
@Lord_VoldeMaut @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid just like dms are readable for twitter admins as well. They also do not have e2e encryption
@Lord_VoldeMaut
Use an end to end encrypted messaging app like https://riot.im for private communication. #matrix #riot It is also decentralized and Free Software powered like #Mastodon #FreeSoftware
@praveen @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid Thx for d heads-up 👍🙂
@Lord_VoldeMaut @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid And you thought birdsite couldn't? 😏
@stux @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid
Thx for confirming dat!!
The Medium article I quoted must've gotten it wrong 😅💁♂️
Btw, are DMs not visible to mods in ALL instances, or is it specific to mstdn.social only??
@Lord_VoldeMaut @Memeghnad @dearthofsid delete this, this has been clarified
@Lord_VoldeMaut @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid
Gotta use other apps like Signal or Telegram for direct messages, then
@indiantoolmaker @Lord_VoldeMaut @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid No. The systems admin denied this.
@Ruminess @indiantoolmaker @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid
Did @/stux@mstdn.social confirm dis??
@Ruminess @indiantoolmaker @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid
🔸Ok so here's d catch, u shared d policy page for the 'mstdn.social' instance, n therefore doesn't cover those of us in the 'mastadon.social' instance
🔸@/stux@mstdn.social (admin for mstdn) confirmed yday itself dat his instance's (mstdn.social) mods don't hv access to their users' DMs
🔸But now @Gargron needs to confirm what d privacy policies for our instance (mastadon.social) are 😐🤷♂️
Does dis explain it??
@Lord_VoldeMaut @Ruminess @indiantoolmaker @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid Mods/admins don’t have access to DMs from the Mastodon interface but database owner can retrieve them (root access). This is outlined in our privacy policy
@Gargron @Lord_VoldeMaut @Ruminess @indiantoolmaker @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid Thank you Eugen@Gargron for providing this platform, I have had enough of toxic twitter and was seriously considering to shut all social media off, I hope you can keep this hate free.
@Gargron Can we see encrypted dms anytime in future?
DMs are encrypted already (that's why moderators have no way to read them) but the encryption key is in the instance's database. That's why root (instance's administrator) is not supposed to access the DMs (and decent ones do not) but technically they can do it.
What you're asking is end-to-end encryption and some people are working on it but on pleroma (and maybe some Mastodon forks, I'm not sure) rather.
@LienRag@miaou.drycat.
Thanks for the explanation. end-to-end encryption would be a great addition to this platform.
@Lord_VoldeMaut @Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid like it's not visible by admins on twiter instagram facebook etc...
people know that why its called direct message rather than private message... right?
@Lord_VoldeMaut
Oh yes. Very important. It applies to basically all social networks, those that don't allow p2p communications.
@Memeghnad @Deepsealioness @dearthofsid
Server run by the main developers of the project 
It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct!
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