Post #1229253

2026-04-15 15:30 UTC

@reflex @benpate @earth_walker I believe you may be underestimating my understanding of and experience with internetworking including the network and transport layers, but I'll just say that encryption in transit is not end to end , and the simple fact that I can moderate user-to-user (end to end) content on my service expressly informs that fact. Let me put it another way, I have no intention of operating an unmoderatable community service.

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@reflex@retrogaming.social 2026-04-15 17:40

@jaz @benpate @earth_walker To be clear, your line is one that leaves users vulnerable to malicious admins. I am unclear how it hinders moderation since again, screenshots are a thing. Also referring people to a separate centralized service that cannot be simply moved out of a hostile jurisdiction and is easily blocked is not ideal.

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@benpate@mastodon.social 2026-04-15 20:05

As someone who’s completely in favor of E2EE and is literally building it into ActivityPub right now.. This is a perfectly reasonable point. E2EE is not for everybody or every server. Honestly, I’m not sure if I’ll allow it in the servers that I run (bandwagon.fm, etc) Maybe just for myself? Maybe paid accounts only? Probably not for free signups though. There are valid reasons to enable this, and not to enable this. It must be opt-in for everyone involved. @jaz @reflex @earth_walker

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