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Re:XMPP, a comeback story by approxim8ion on Thursday November 18, 2021 @01:45AM (#29262696)
> You have to speak the same protocol from end-to-end, otherwise you'd have to break the end-to-end encryption to translate from one protocol to the other.

Why is this any different from WhatsApp, which has a Matrix bridge? Or does that break encryption too?

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Re:XMPP, a comeback story by IceWreck on Thursday November 18, 2021 @03:39AM (#29263399)
I have no idea how the Whatsapp bridge works but it cant be end to end encrypted.

Matrix to whatsapp bridge can be encrypted, whatsapp bridge to whatsapp can be encrypted, whatsapp to whatsapp is encrypted. But you have to break the chain at some point between matrix and whatsapp.

Encrypted != End to End Encrypted.

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Re:XMPP, a comeback story by approxim8ion on Thursday November 18, 2021 @04:35AM (#29263714)
Seems to be my understanding as well.
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