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EU regulations are likely to force WhatsApp is to open their servers to Matrix soon (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by uis@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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During Matrix FOSDEM talk it was mentioned that there is already working bridge that preserves E2EE.

EU, I belive in you!

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I wouldn't say "force". Meta is all in on being open these days and they're going in that direction even when they're not required to:

my view is that the more that there’s interoperability between different services and the more content can flow, the better all the services can be

[...]

it was fine to have these systems that people felt a little more locked into, but I think for the mature state of the ecosystem, I don’t think that that’s going to be where it goes

-- Mark Zuckerberg

WhatsApp wasn't the first to open up but that makes sense given it has a few billion active users and an open E2EE encryption protocol is really difficult to implement.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

E2EE encryption is like saying ATM machine.

[–] hannes3120@feddit.de 20 points 2 years ago

RIP in peace

[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear about WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator)

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ah, recursive acronyms. GNU's Not Unix.

My favourite is the GNU Hurd project. Hurd stands for "Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons". And Hird is "Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth" :)

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

GNU’s Not Unix Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth of Unix-Replacing Daemons

Nice

[–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe. Still WA seems the only messager EU cares about.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WhatsApp is very popular in West Europe, but Viber is more popular in East Europe and that one is currently riddled with ads and annoying pop-ups.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Right, forgot about them.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's because WA is very popular in the EU.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

WhatsApp wasn't the first to open up but that makes sense given it has a few billion active users and an open E2EE encryption protocol is really difficult to implement.

It's rather easy. Especially if you deal with 1-to-1 chats. S/MIME exists since 1995 and it's not even first E2EE protocol. Like PGP. Double Ratchet E2EE proto that is used in signal, wa and matrix was created in 2013 for Signal. Although Olm(Matrix) uses sligtly different cryptoprimitives from Signal, WA and OMEMO proto.