Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses

Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by Arathorn on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:40PM (#22330176)

> The last time Matrix was discussed here, just a few weeks ago, the network couldn't even require support for E2E encryption, apparently because too many of its clients didn't have it working.

Ironically, we turned on E2EE by default on the develop branches of Riot (the main client) 12 days ago at FOSDEM: https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/matrix/. It will go live across the whole network in the next release, complete with cross-signing for key verification.

And in the last two weeks, two more independent E2E-capable client implementations popped up - one in Dart (https://gitlab.com/famedly/famedlysdk/) and one in Rust (https://github.com/poljar/nio-rust). Video of the Dart/Flutter one in action is pretty cool https://youtu.be/nm36pt2rHcI :)

So yes, we're not as monomaniacal about privacy at any cost as Signal, but we're catching up.

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by maqp on Saturday February 15, 2020 @12:15AM (#22333422)

So what percentage of Matrix users will now be using E2EE chats? Is it both groups and one-on-one chats or will there exist disparity between the two? Does the app prompt enabling E2EE in rooms where it's not enabled?

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by tptacek on Saturday February 15, 2020 @12:20AM (#22333441)

The more important question is "at what point will it be impossible to use Matrix in an non-E2EE mode".

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