EU regulations are likely to force WhatsApp is to open their servers to Matrix soon
EU regulations are likely to force WhatsApp is to open their servers to Matrix soon
During Matrix FOSDEM talk it was mentioned that there is already working bridge that preserves E2EE.
EU, I belive in you!
I wouldn't say "force". Meta is all in on being open these days and they're going in that direction even when they're not required to:
my view is that the more that there’s interoperability between different services and the more content can flow, the better all the services can be
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it was fine to have these systems that people felt a little more locked into, but I think for the mature state of the ecosystem, I don’t think that that’s going to be where it goes
WhatsApp wasn't the first to open up but that makes sense given it has a few billion active users and an open E2EE encryption protocol is really difficult to implement.
WhatsApp wasn't the first to open up but that makes sense given it has a few billion active users and an open E2EE encryption protocol is really difficult to implement.
It's rather easy. Especially if you deal with 1-to-1 chats. S/MIME exists since 1995 and it's not even first E2EE protocol. Like PGP. Double Ratchet E2EE proto that is used in signal, wa and matrix was created in 2013 for Signal. Although Olm(Matrix) uses sligtly different cryptoprimitives from Signal, WA and OMEMO proto.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/watch?v=s5BrVVf0B1I&t=1758
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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It's also possible to watch the video directly on the fosdem website: https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3345-opening-up-communication-silos-with-matrix-2-0-and-the-eu-digital-markets-act/
Forced to embrace, extend and extinguish? Or is this actually a good thing? (sorry I didn't watch the whole 50 min video)