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Consider making the sender generate url previews, as with e2e thumbnails
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### Description
Consider making the sender generate url previews. We are already trusting clients to faithfully generate thumbnails in e2e encrypted rooms anyway, so this is not a big jump in trust. Furthermore, someone who posts a link to malicious content under their control can already make the url preview say whatever they want, regardless of whether it is generated by a homeserver or sent directly.
On the plus side, it improves privacy, especially for single-user homeservers. It also improves
efficiency, as the site is only accessed once, rather than by every homeserver in the room, and reduces load on the servers.
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- **Platform**: any
For the web app:
- **Browser**: any
- **OS**: any
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For the desktop app:
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- **Version**: future
### Related
vector-im/element-meta#1138, vector-im/element-web#2084 and possibly also vector-im/element-web#1857
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