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Episode: Portable identites (MSC 2787) and the GDPR right to rectification, a pressing need for server operators (matrix-conf-2025)
Description: Most of the discussions around privacy laws have been focused on the protection of data and condition of processing. But some others rights are starting to be litigated more widley and will soon play a bigger role for IT systems managers. This talk will focus on the GDPR article 16 (right to rectification), and how the current Matrix spec is inadequate for servers operators aiming to let people change their username, since MXID can't be changed (as of this proposal writing in June 2025).
Based on the ongoing work done by the [Fedora community](https://fedoraproject.org/) on the [Fedora Username Change...