t3chguy
commented
1 month ago The state of whether DMs and private rooms are encrypted by default is controlled by a configuration on the Matrix HS. https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/blob/develop/docs/e2ee.md The product team have previously expressed to not wish to add a way to create an unencrypted DM otherwise, other than creating an unencrypted room, inviting the user, setting permissions and marking it as a DM.
Your use case
What would you like to do?
To chat with people without end to end encryption
Why would you like to do it?
Because the default implementation of encryption is an absolute pain. We have matrix server installed on our company's server for internal communication. Our users frequently have to sign out and when they do it invalidates every subsequent received message. After logging in again, importing the previous security key works only for the messages received before they sign out, and new messages are left unable to be decrypted unless the other user exports their e2e room keys. We can already create rooms without e2ee, we see no reason to force users to use e2ee for private chats.
How would you like to achieve it?
A simple "start unencrypted chat" button would do the job.
Have you considered any alternatives?
No response
Additional context
No response