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EU regulations are likely to force WhatsApp is to open their servers to Matrix soon (www.youtube.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (10 children)

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

[...]

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

-- Mark Zuckerberg

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (4 children)

E2EE encryption is like saying ATM machine.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

RIP in peace

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