Short answer: Unsafe
Long answer: UNSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFFFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEEEFE
Middle answer?
Unsmatrixafe
Anyone remember the days when they were called PMs? They are least used the word Private in the acronym.
What does DM even mean?
Direct Message. As opposed to Private Message.
Services at least acknowledge that the messages aren’t private, which is an improvement I guess.
Yes, and when we used the term “programs” instead of “apps” for everything.
Let’s go even farther back and say they were all “applications”
Not safe at all because it was not designed to be, it even tells you as much. Use them to exchange e2ee contacts and then use that.
They are no more safe than sending a message like this :). Except you would be the only person it’s targeted for. besides the admins of both instances can read them as well.
Which is why I’m the web interface it says it’s not safe/e2e encrypted.
Worried about it? Add a matrix handle to your profile and then it enables a “send a secure message” button in the UI. And redirects people to use matrix to send messages to you
