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Re:Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default by KingMachiavelli on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:59PM (#23108863)
Having to leave a country is pretty much the opposite of 'resilient' in this context. They have to leave because it is a centrialized system and can be regulated like any other entitiy.

Matrix is federated and individual servers can be run by volunteers/individuals for whom EARN IT would not apply.

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Re:Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default by StavrosK on Thursday May 07, 2020 @08:58PM (#23110251)
> Matrix is federated and individual servers can be run by volunteers/individuals for whom EARN IT would not apply.

It would apply to them if they were or served US citizens, which would mean that nobody in the US could get encryption, which is exactly what might happen with Signal.

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Re:Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default by mirimir on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:06AM (#23111290)
> It would apply to them if they were or served US citizens, ...

Sure, but only if they could be identified. So obviously any such volunteers would make sure that they remained anonymous. Otherwise, they would suffer the consequences.

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