Matrix has pretty good government buy-in at this point, I just wish it was, well … nicely usable. It has been getting better, but is maybe about 80% there.<p>I keep preaching that it needs to be easier to build a client (encryption of course not being optional). The spec keeps changing (for the better, but the changes are often breaking), so the maintenance burden is high. This means only the biggest of libraries are really good picks. Highest on my wish list are currently JavaScript bindings for the Rust SDK.
I’m not entirely sure why it matters that silos of messaging data exist, if it’s encrypted like Signal and WhatsApp the centralized model is far superior to an arbitrary and unknown number of parties receiving metadata about messaging. It might have been an easier case to make if Matrix wasn’t an uphill battle in terms of usability and performance.
Very difficult to take this article seriously when it characterizes WhatsApp and signal as “obvious honeypots” of “foreign nation states” (obviously in reference here to non western aligned countries).<p>Absolutely a ridiculous statement.
> <i>The senators cite “a potentially more secure superior communications platform, known as Matrix, which is end-to-end encrypted by default, interoperable, not controlled by any one company, and widely used by multiple NATO allies.”</i><p>What's the current state of this open-ness?<p>Last I checked, it looked like Matrix was de facto mostly controlled by Element, even more than the Web browser is currently controlled by Google.<p>I'm not questioning <i>intentions</i>, and I'm aware that there are now a few other clients that support E2E. Just want an update on the reality. I don't want this to turn into a company with a Slack-like IPO, or an MS acquisition, and have the open-ness situation turn worse when we were waiting for it to turn better.<p>(Edit: Downvoters, did you think this is not an important question?)
Are they seriously talking about /this/ Matrix? <a href="https://www.operation-passionflower.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.operation-passionflower.com/</a>