Server'd allow for automatically stripping metadata such as IP of recipients, or client agent #163

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opened 2021-09-17 23:37:48 +00:00 by marek-lach · 7 comments
marek-lach commented 2021-09-17 23:37:48 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

Feature request: The server should automatically strip unnecessary metadata, such as the IP of recipients

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Once a message has successfully been delivered to a recipient (for example a read receipt has been received from the addressee), then the server should automatically after some short amount of time by itself in default configuration already, strip the metadata from a message that are no longer necessary for preserving that message on the server, such as the IP address of the sender, as well as their client identifier, and the recipient (which's attained during transport, but later no longer necessary to keep).

This'd be a great feature over Synapse, which doesn't take any care to protect, and not store user metadata when not necessary.

# Feature request: The server should automatically strip unnecessary metadata, such as the IP of recipients ### Description Once a message has successfully been delivered to a recipient (for example a read receipt has been received from the addressee), then the server should automatically after some short amount of time by itself in default configuration already, strip the metadata from a message that are no longer necessary for preserving that message on the server, such as the IP address of the sender, as well as their client identifier, and the recipient (which's attained during transport, but later no longer necessary to keep). This'd be a great feature over Synapse, which doesn't take any care to protect, and not store user metadata when not necessary.
marek-lach commented 2021-09-17 23:39:29 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

changed title from Server{- shoul-}d automatically strip metadata such as IP of recipients to Server{+'+}d automatically strip metadata such as IP of recipients

changed title from **Server{- shoul-}d automatically strip metadata such as IP of recipients** to **Server{+'+}d automatically strip metadata such as IP of recipients**
marek-lach commented 2021-09-17 23:39:29 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

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marek-lach commented 2021-09-17 23:40:31 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

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timokoesters commented 2021-09-18 06:35:48 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

As far as I know we don't save IP addresses ourselves. Of course they still show up in apache logs and depending on the configuration in conduit logs, so if you clean those from time to time you should be good.

That being said we want to implement the matrix feature in the future where a user can see the ip addresses of each device of his account

As far as I know we don't save IP addresses ourselves. Of course they still show up in apache logs and depending on the configuration in conduit logs, so if you clean those from time to time you should be good. That being said we want to implement the matrix feature in the future where a user can see the ip addresses of each device of his account
marek-lach commented 2021-09-18 20:47:01 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

@timokoesters In addition to that, an option for the server admin to configure the number of hours/days after which in periodic intervals of that specified period the IP/location metadata should be automatically deleted each time from the server logs also by themselves (if the admins don't want to think about always doing it manually), would be useful as well.

Thanks,

@timokoesters In addition to that, an option for the server admin to configure the number of hours/days after which in periodic intervals of that specified period the IP/location metadata should be automatically deleted each time from the server logs also by themselves (if the admins don't want to think about always doing it manually), would be useful as well. Thanks,
marek-lach commented 2021-09-22 11:47:49 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

changed title from Server'd automatically strip metadata such as IP of recipients to Server'd {+allow for +}automatically strip{+ping+} metadata such as IP of recipients{+, or client agent+}

changed title from **Server'd automatically strip metadata such as IP of recipients** to **Server'd {+allow for +}automatically strip{+ping+} metadata such as IP of recipients{+, or client agent+}**
marek-lach commented 2021-09-22 11:47:49 +00:00 (Migrated from gitlab.com)

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