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Minecraft has chat control enabled by default where any player can report another, have the chat send to Microsoft after which they (or an ai) can decide to ban you from accessing any servers at all.
Private servers are the only way to block that and create a chat that is safe to use (ironically)
This is absolutely about privacy.
What chat control are you talking about?
You shouldn't be talking about private content in Minecraft at all, as the chat is inherently insecure. Private server or not.
The one where any random player can report another for any reason and have a portion of the chatlog (without consent of any others) send to Microsoft.
For reference i have some members on my adult server who like to joke sell sugar as cocaine. There is no info on what actually counts to ban-able, it might just be ai that decides at this point.
Also there used to be secret library Minecraft servers in china with banned books and thats why there is a separate chinese Minecraft edition now with social media features and all players are identified with all chats monitored.
“Just don't type anything private” is not an argument i expect seeing on a privacy community either. Sounds a lot like “if you have nothing to hide”
The official Minecraft website has an article about a public, private server run by reporters without borders.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/uncensored-library
https://www.uncensoredlibrary.com/en
For obvious reasons many copies of this server And predecessors that existed/may operate within oppressive areas do not advertise their existence online.
Wiki entry of minecraft china edition.
https://minecraft.wiki/w/China_Edition
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Free to download
Friends system, with live text chat support
The argument about minecraft chat being inherently insecure is a straw-man at best. A private server, whitelisted for my own household that runs on hardware that i own is just as secure as any other speech that happens in my living room.
There is no reason for microsoft to have the ability to steal logs to moderate it. And this is why almost every respectable server i know uses plugins to block that shit.
Oh oh, you are chatting on here, that's not very secure either, compared to your stupid ass logic.