Signal is aware of the blocks.

“Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries…”

  • foremanguy@lemmy.ml
    181·
    3 months ago

    Matrix is in fact decentralized but in reality it is not so much, I don’t know the number exactly but the majority of users use the matrix.org server

    • wurstgulasch3000@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      People who live in countries where DNS and IP blocks are common probably use a different server. I’ve been running my own for over a year and it works like a dream

            • ivn@jlai.luEnglish
              5·
              3 months ago

              I mean, that’s not specific to Matrix. Telemetry is the tool used to get the numbers, so I don’t see how you would collect numbers on servers that don’t report numbers.

              • CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world
                2·
                3 months ago

                Im surprised there are zero calls to any official matrix server(s) from those instances.

                Not even random API for metadata, update status, etc?

                Telemtry is a word. It only means as much as it means in each context, and without full context it means little atm.

                Do you have a resource where I could learn more about what data Matrix considers telemetry?

                • ivn@jlai.luEnglish
                  4·
                  3 months ago

                  The whole point of not being federated is not to call the other servers. I don’t run a server but I hope it’s not calling home if specifically configured to not be federated.

                • ivn@jlai.lu
                  3·
                  3 months ago

                  But you would miss all the numbers from non-federated instances.