Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App

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Post by arctux » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 5:16 PM UTC

Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App
matrix.org

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Post by aw3c2 » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:10 PM UTC

Will this make end-to-end encryption finally get the polish it needs?

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Post by TeddyBear060 » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:12 PM UTC

Great to read this kind of news!

I can't wait to see the end product (this summer 2018) :)

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Post by TeddyBear060 » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

aw3c2 wrote: post #2

Will this make end-to-end encryption finally get the polish it needs?

I don't know yet a lot about Matrix but it's a wonderful step forward for government independence.

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Post by sys13 » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

Does this make freedom of information requests less useful to the public?

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Post by TeddyBear060 » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:15 PM UTC

sys13 wrote: post #5

Does this make freedom of information requests less useful to the public?

What do you mean ?

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Post by SiempreViernes » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:15 PM UTC

aw3c2 wrote: post #2

Will this make end-to-end encryption finally get the polish it needs?

Who knows, polish is not something that's really needed for enterprise since the employees can often simply be forced to use the tools almost regardless of their state.

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Post by rzr » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:16 PM UTC

will it erode trust ? or the opposite ?

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Post by lazzlazzlazz » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

TeddyBear060 wrote: post #6

sys13 wrote: post #5

Does this make freedom of information requests less useful to the public?

What do you mean ?

If progressively more governmental communications are made through encrypted means, we cannot access them as citizens.

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Post by btilly » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

sys13 wrote: post #5

Does this make freedom of information requests less useful to the public?

Judging from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/research/foi/countrie... it is already not useful. However theoretically, yes. It is hard to discover which encrypted communications are potentially relevant, and if the officials in question are doing something wrong then they have no cause to cooperate.