Why does Matrix give servers the option to prevent disabling read receipts and why does the official matrix server do it?
(lemmychan.org)
- There are efforts to encrypt more information and metadata, and to reduce the extent metadata can be correlated
- The primary reason that things aren't encrypted is to allow the server to perform necessary parts of the protocol, like deciding who is in a room, what the title of the room is and to whom should messages be delivered.