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"...there is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys." 👏
https://www.businessinsider.com/privacy-advocates-say-fbi-not-apple-undermining-public-safety-2020-1
http://BIT.nl have announced they are now providing a Matrix homeserver for the Dutch market! Register at https://riot.nltrix.net and join in. #decentralization
This Week in Matrix is out now https://matrix.org/blog/2020/01/10/this-week-in-matrix-2020-01-10/ get the latest news from #Matrix, the #decentralised platform. This week Matrix Live is a series of chats to get project news from lots of people! #twim
It’s the first This Week In Matrix of the year! Find out about Dendrite revival, FOSDEM preparations in Matrix Live, and lots of bridge fun: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/01/03/this-week-in-matrix-2020-01-03/
Over the last few days we've had constant requests to respond to @[email protected]'s 'The ecosystem is moving' blog post & recent 36c3 talk - we've tried to articulate Matrix's viewpoint over at https://matrix.org/blog/2020/01/02/on-privacy-versus-freedom.
Be my colleague!
Looking for ops (French), design, backend and mobile!
https://vector.im/careers
#decentralisation #federation #matrix #ops #French #design #Python #android #ios #jobs #remote #London #RennesWhy work with us?
We believe the future will be open and decentralised. We enable governments, businesses and individuals to run their own secure communication infrastructure, while interconnecting via the global Matrix network.vector.im
The 2019 Matrix Holiday Special is here!! Our very own festive attempt to review everything that happened in 2019 while looking forward into the mists of 2020. Thanks all supporting Matrix through a crazy year - here’s to the next decade! https://matrix.org/blog/2019/12/24/the-2019-matrix-holiday-update/
Cinco iniciativas para descentralizar las redes sociales y dejar de depender de Facebook y WeChat - LA NACIONwww.lanacion.com.ar
This Week In Matrix is here - featuring Mozilla, a Glimpse of the Matrix, 'cortex' Rust workers for Synapse, and hints of the E2EE frenzy happening in Riotland... https://matrix.org/blog/2019/12/20/this-week-in-matrix-2019-12-20/
RT @[email protected]
On day 26 of my extended advent calendar, I introduce a bit of @[email protected], and show you how to get around @[email protected] with a screen reader. #a11y http://marcozehe.de/2019/12/20/how-to-get-around-matrix-and-riot-with-a-screen-reader/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MarcoInEnglish/status/1207994080594141184
Synchronous Messaging at Mozilla: The Decision - Mozilla
Wooooo! 😍 Super excited that #Mozilla chose to go with #Matrix for their #IRC replacement.Synchronous Messaging at Mozilla: The Decision
You can scroll down to the punchline if you like, but I want to start by thanking the Mozilla community, contributors, industry partners and colleagues alike, for the work everyone has put into this. Hundreds of invested people have weighed in on our hard requirements, nice-to-haves and long term goals, and tested our candidates with an eye not just to our immediate technical and community needs but to Mozilla’s mission, our tools as an expression of our values and a vision of a better future. H...discourse.mozilla.org
I've pushed a lot of rocks up a lot of hills, and every now and then one of them goes over. https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/synchronous-messaging-at-mozilla-the-decision/50620
Really excited that Mozilla has selected Matrix, @[email protected] and @[email protected] as the successor to IRC for all their community chat needs! The future will be open - both open source, open open standard and open web :D https://matrix.org/blog/2019/12/19/welcoming-mozilla-to-matrix/
Breaking encryption puts everyone at risk.
"Even the Defense Department is now pointing out that the government’s quest to weaken encryption lies somewhere between counterproductive and downright harmful." https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akwwn5/the-defense-department-says-it-needs-the-encryption-the-fbi-wants-to-break
This Week in Matrix contains the latest news on all Matrix projects! https://matrix.org/blog/2019/12/13/this-week-in-matrix-2019-12-13/ Learn about the latest bridging developments, the spec, Cross-signing and MORE #decentralisation #twim #alreadydecentralised
Etoys is an educational tool for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways. Etoys is a media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system.www.squeakland.org
It's Friday, late afternoon, and the time has come again to read the latest #matrix news, so take a break and read This Week in Matrix! This week has news about THREE separate iOS clients, new location-bot and more! https://matrix.org/blog/2019/12/06/this-week-in-matrix-2019-12-06/ #decentralisation #twim
This is outrageous and dangerous. People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services.
https://bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098
.onion: https://www.bbcnewsv2vjtpsuy.onion/news/world-asia-china-50587098
Hello, have you seen the latest news about Matrix? Time to read This Week in Matrix! https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/29/this-week-in-matrix-2019-11-29/ iOS clients, job openings, big progress on the IRC bridge and much more #decentralisation #decentralization #twim #matrix
U.S. students hold 'Black Friday strike,' Paris demonstrators target Amazon with 'Block Friday'. Against the backdrop of the Black Friday shopping frenzy, activists around the world are protesting consumerism and its impact on the climate ahead of the United Nations climate summit next week.www.cbc.ca
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🚀Discover the #Businessapps talks
Emmanuel Rohée from @[email protected]
"The presentation will introduce the Matrix protocol, the evolution of its ecosystem in 2019 and future developments."
Register for free now for #OSSPARIS19 : https://bit.ly/32pMERV
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/OSS_Paris/status/1199366327024136194
Happy Tuesday, Synapse 1.6.0 has arrived. Includes filtering by labels, a new default room version and all the usual bug fixes and perf improvements. https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/26/synapse-1-6-0-released/
After a lot of combined effort by the F-Droid community and the jitsi team the #Jitsi Meet app is now finally available on F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.jitsi.meet/
🎉 🎉 🎉
I'm in "This Week in Matrix" today!
We are talking about my Prototype fund project building a replacement for google cloud messaging on android. https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/22/this-week-in-matrix-2019-11-22/
Hello Decentralisation-fans! Get the latest news about Matrix from This Week in Matrix! https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/22/this-week-in-matrix-2019-11-22/ SDK updates, news about the next Synapse release, an interview with the creator of OpenPush, a project designed to replace Android FCM and more!
Well here we go, a Synapse release candidate fresh from the press. 1.6.0rc1 contains federation support for cross signing, version 5 rooms by default and prep for database sharding. Check it out if you would like to help us test https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.6.0rc1
New Vector - Careers
https://vector.im/careers
Are you an #opensource enthusiast, possibly highly interested in #federated and #distributed systems? Would you like to work in a global environment pushing the openly governed #Matrix protocol and related open source software forward?
I've been with these people for almost a year now and I've not looked back one single day. Highly recommend checking out the positions if you're looking for a change.
Open positions:
- Designer (London / remote)
- Support Engineer (London)
- Android Developer (Rennes / remote)
- iOS Developer (Rennes / remote)
- Backend Python Developer (London / remote)
- Senior Operations Engineer (London / remote)
Why work with us?
We believe the future will be open and decentralised. We enable governments, businesses and individuals to run their own secure communication infrastructure, while interconnecting via the global Matrix network.vector.im
It's happening! 🎉
Synapse 1.6.0rc1 (2019-11-20)
Features
Add federation support for cross-signing. (#5727)
Get the latest news from the Matrix project and ecosystem - also the return of Matrix Live, with a chat (ha!) with the author of Ditto Chat, a new React Native client https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/15/this-week-in-matrix-2019-11-15/
The ACLU and EFF's victory over causeless searches of phones and laptops at the US border is a great step in the fight for digital freedom.Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional
BOSTON—In a major victory for privacy rights at the border, a federal court in Boston ruled today that suspicionless searches of travelers’ electronic devices by federal agents at airports and other U.S. ports of entry are unconstitutional. The ruling came in a lawsuit, Alasaad v. McAleenan, filed...www.eff.org
