These Privacy Policies are likely only for their website element.io considering it mentions ‘service’.
In the app itself you can disable ‘Send analytics data’ in ‘Settings/Security & Privacy’ and it sends no data whatsoever to the Devs.
I just surveilled the network traffic of my installed Element client and observed that it makes 0 connections to ‘element.io’ or ‘matrix.org’ or any other element-affiliated websites. The only connections made were to my instance server at a different service. So there is no possible way element can log my IP address.
If you’re still skeptical of the Element Desktop App then you can alternatively:
Use a fork like SchildiChat which I personally use.
Fork the Element Client and modify the code to suit your needs.
Again, Element is open source, whether or not it makes requests to the element service to purposefully log your IP address even if you do not use the official service can be verified by just auditing the code. (Good Luck with that, or just find a previous audit report on the web)
If you’re still skeptical and want to continue using the Element Desktop app. Just block element.io and eliminate any possibilities of the app phoning home.
These Privacy Policies are likely only for their website element.io considering it mentions ‘service’.
In the app itself you can disable ‘Send analytics data’ in ‘Settings/Security & Privacy’ and it sends no data whatsoever to the Devs.
I just surveilled the network traffic of my installed Element client and observed that it makes 0 connections to ‘element.io’ or ‘matrix.org’ or any other element-affiliated websites. The only connections made were to my instance server at a different service. So there is no possible way element can log my IP address.
If you’re still skeptical of the Element Desktop App then you can alternatively:
Again, Element is open source, whether or not it makes requests to the element service to purposefully log your IP address even if you do not use the official service can be verified by just auditing the code. (Good Luck with that, or just find a previous audit report on the web)
If you’re still skeptical and want to continue using the Element Desktop app. Just block element.io and eliminate any possibilities of the app phoning home.