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!
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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:
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.
E2EE encryption is like saying ATM machine.
RIP in peace
Wait until you hear about WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator)
Ah, recursive acronyms. GNU's Not Unix.
My favourite is the GNU Hurd project. Hurd stands for "Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons". And Hird is "Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth" :)
GNU’s Not Unix Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth of Unix-Replacing Daemons
Nice
Maybe. Still WA seems the only messager EU cares about.
WhatsApp is very popular in West Europe, but Viber is more popular in East Europe and that one is currently riddled with ads and annoying pop-ups.
Right, forgot about them.
That's because WA is very popular in the EU.
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)