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The most important section of this post is here (I turn these things into a list):
In terms of privacy alone, neither of these points appear to benefit users. #1 benefits law enforcement and room moderators, and #2 benefits server owners, but not really from a privacy perspective.
Could the suspension API be maliciously used to lock down users' accounts further? Based on this post alone, I can't tell, but Matrix has a sketchy relationship with consent when it comes to having data deleted. (Constantly referring to their chat app as "like email" is also a bit misleading, the same way that referring to Bitcoin as "crypto-currency" is misleading.)
further? did I miss something?