Element (@element@mastodon.matrix.org)
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@amatecha@merveilles.town @matrix @liaizon@wake.st https://element.io/blog/the-online-safety-bill-an-attack-on-encryption gives an idea of our position. And no, there are no backdoors. Yes, we fund Matrix dev by selling encrypted messaging to governments, which includes police: if you don’t like that then please feel free to use a different app.

Or is this just your usual tech libertarian bros posting cringe?

  • pingvenoEnglish
    102·
    2 years ago

    Just the usual cringe. This person makes a good point: Element needs paying customers, and governments (police included) are a large customer that it can’t realistically ignore. A fringe group that loves to throw around “fascist” at anyone and everyone is throwing it. Is that group contributing financially or in labor? I’m going to go out on a limb and say probably not much, and certainly not enough to offset boycotting governments and law enforcement.

    I also question the utility. Law enforcement and armed forces aren’t going to get more ethical because they don’t have Matrix. They’ll just move on to one of the dozens of other solutions out there, putting Matrix development in a worse place in the process.

  • t�m
    2·
    2 years ago

    What are the alternatives to that? So far nothing bad happened. I guess keep it in a distance so to speak.

  • Gravitwell
    2·
    2 years ago

    Sarcasm. …if its end to endencryptedansd not backdoored then that would mean you could just generate tons of random text and ”sell" it to anyone dumb enough to buy it…and if there is anyone dumb enough its police or government military agencies.