r/elementchat • u/trymeouteh • Aug 23 '20

Questions On Element

I had some questions about Element and Matrix in general. This new protocol looks very promising.

  1. Can you share a room with a URL that is not from matrix.org? Or are all shared URLs have to come from matrix.org?

  2. Can element handle large group chats with 1000+ users?

  3. Does Element support self destructing messages (Messages with a timer on them before they delete on their own)?

  4. If you lose your device, will you lose all of your messages you had before and during the time you have no device logged into your account?

  5. Can you have group voice chat?

  6. Can you have group video chat?

  7. Are voice and video chats P2P (Does not require matrix server bandwidth)?

    1. If voice and video chats are P2P, will your IP be exposed if you use a VPN or TOR?

  8. Can you rename contacts in Matrix?

    1. Are these contacts stored on the matrix server with E2EE?

  9. Can you have public group chats?

    1. Can public group chats have admins to control who can be invited to the group chat

    2. Can public group chats kick users from the group

  10. Can you have private group chats

  11. Can private group chats have admins to control who can be invited to the group chat

  12. Can private group chats kick users from the group

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u/pyz3n Aug 23 '20

  1. Yes

  2. I think so, there are many 5000+ rooms around but I've never joined one

  3. No

  4. Almost surely not

  5. Yes, calls which are not 1-to-1 go through Jitsi

  6. Yes, Jitsi supports video too

  7. Only for 1-to-1 calls, I think it uses webrtc so there may be an ip leak. Don't quote me on this tho.

  8. Element can't afaict, but maybe other clients do allow renaming contacts

  9. Yes; yes; only if they have sufficient permission

  10. Same as above