[Battlemesh] Messages to me on Matrix

[Filipe Borges Teixeira]

Hi Kristoff,

Thanks for pointing this out.

I've created the a new unencrypted room:
https://riot.im/app/#/room/#Battlemesh:matrix.org

I invite you to join this new room.

Best regards,
Filipe Teixeira


Pedro via Battlemesh <battlemesh at ml.ninux.org> escreveu (segunda,
20/05/2024 à(s) 13:50):

> Hi,
>
> 1. We did an error encrypting battlemesh room, but we did not did anything
> to avoid doing stuff not relevant. Looks like it is relevant because we
> reached the level of someone complaining publicly. So, someone please solve
> the problem just creating a new battlemesh room as part of battlemesh
> community/space in matrix, inviting everyone and renaming current one as
> old. If nobody does it, when I have some time I will do it myself.
>
> 2. No, you don't need an electron app to run the element thing, in my
> case, I use a specific firefox profile with pinned tabs for the chats I use
> [1]. By the way, signal is the only "app" that cannot be ran on browser,
> shame on them.
>
> 3. Continuing 2, there a lot of possible matrix implementations, Daniel,
> did you see this link? [2]
>
> Cheers,
> Pedro
>
> [1]
>
>
>
> [2] https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/
>
> On 5/20/24 13:43, Kristoff via Battlemesh wrote:
>
> HI Daniel, all,
>
>
> Some advice for a co manager of a matrix-server of an organization.
>
> I have noticed that the room on matrix.org for battlemesh is encrypted.
> This does -indeed- mean that if a user loose his/her end-to-end encryption
> keys, they will lose access to these messages.
>
>
> On our server, although it is possible for public rooms to be encrypted,
> we advice people who want to set up a room not to do that, just to avoid
> the issues you have.
> In addition, you can ask yourself what is the additional value of
> encrypting messages in a room that is public to anybody anyway, Everybody
> can access the room and can see (and copy) all posts in the room anyway.
>
> But, then, what we see a lot is that people start out with a limited room
> with just a few users, where you might say that encryption might make
> sense, and latter on decide to open up the room to everybody.
>
> It is not possible to disable encryption of a room where encryption has
> been activated, so the most easy solution is simply create a new room,
> notify everybody of the existence of the new room and disable posting of a
> new messages in the old room.
> After -say- half a year, you remove the old room.
>
>
>
> Like any tool, matrix -or chat/discussion platform in general- requires
> some experience. It's usually not something you do right the first time.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Cheerio!
> Kr. Bonne.
>
>
> Op 30.03.24 om 00:28 schreef Daniel Golle via Battlemesh:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I see that people are trying to send messages to me on Matrix [1].
> Unfortunately, and not for the first time, my matrix client has lost
> it's private key. Loading the stored key backup also doesn't seem to
> work, or at least doesn't allow me to read those messages.
>
> I hereby declare that I cannot read messages on Matrix and will not
> put any further effort into (again) recovering that account, just for
> it to then (again) not to work after a longer period of not using it.
> Storing private keys in cookies and not having a working option to
> load them from disk 6 months after storing them, repeatedly,
> disqualifies Matrix for me. Plus I'm not willing to run yet another
> full-featured browser (Electron) jsut for yet another messenger.
> I know that there are CLI clients, but they are basically head-less
> browsers or bloatware written in Go and similar waste of RAM.
>
> tl;dr: If you want to reach me, please send emails.
> Ask for my Signal username by email if you want perfect-forward-secrecy.
>
> [1]:
> [Element] You have messages on Element in the battlemesh room...battlemesh
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171172164926071YVihD:matrix.org
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171172134626046OkqId:matrix.org
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171169101023443ziKPs:matrix.org
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171167509422588LWZst:matrix.org
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171166845220340PWfli:matrix.org
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171166747720288yvhwK:matrix.org
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171166739522197aPtUU:matrix.org
> An encrypted message.
> An encrypted message.
>
> View battlemesh at https://matrix.to/#/!ujsqncWlAgAfpcmEMM:matrix.org/$171166671522122FfqZV:matrix.org
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