fucking knew since day one that there was something off about the entire matrix-chat thing, from the list of sponsors to weird vibes from the founders and leaders of the project.
their software is about the only thing that’s worse than their politics. still appalled that people like #Mozilla moved their entire communities into the hands of such awful people.
This is the worst thread I've honestly seen in a lot of time. The person behind Element's Mastodon account wasn't even rude, at all.
Meanwhile people in the thread are telling them to f### off just because they are providing encrypted communications to governments and aren't afraid to make it clear.
"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."
Also Leute, ich hab in Sachen #Element ja echt kein gutes Gefühl dabei, die Leute dafür fertig zu machen, dass sie sich offenbar von der deutschen (nicht amerikanischen!) Polizei für Anpassungen an ihrer Software bezahlen lassen. Will das strukturelle Rassismusproblem auch der deutschen Polizei nicht ausblenden, aber hier täte wirklich eine Versachlichung der Debatte gut, und es hilft auch nicht, auf Englisch darüber zu schreiben und Zielgruppen zu agitieren, die viel schlimmere Polizeien haben.
I reinstated my regular donation to @matrix so they can use it for whatever brings open and transparent communication software into every single area – including the police and military.
IMHO, there is a hell of a lot to change about police systems, and they make a lot of serious mistakes. The only difference #Element's presence at their conference makes is that while making serious mistakes, they at least don't hand my data to Big Tech.
"Criminals have used telephones and mobile phones since they were invented. Drug smugglers use airplanes and boats, radios and satellite phones. Society survives all of this because the good uses of infrastructure far outweigh the bad uses, even though the good uses are – by and large – small and pedestrian and the bad uses are rare and spectacular."
@Nour@tek_dmn#Cloudflare sees everything that happens on the matrix·org server, so there’s that. Speaking of CF, #Element has also put their website under control of the web’s police (Cloudflare indeed). Which makes them despicable enough even before the OP’s revelation.
While there’s absolute radio silence from @element about the topic now (not surprising, they’re simply being very corporate, as usual), there’s been a reaction by the @matrix account, and instead of being like “don’t worry, we won’t let corporate or governmental interests influence Matrix in a negative way”, they’re just being sassy about it.
Free Software Community of India (#FSCI) statement on banning of apps like @element and @briar
"Federated, peer-to-peer, encrypted, Free Software apps/software like #Element and #Briar, should be promoted. They are key to our national security as they provide means to enable sovereign, private and secure communication to citizens of India. Element has been embraced by Governments of France, Germany and Sweden which should be an example for #India."
@hywan I don't know why they're banning this client. #Matrix is not a vendor-lock-in service, banning #Element would not stop users accessing it. This is different from WhatsApp or others.
India blocks 14 apps including #element, @briar, threema, imo etc
"While tracking down one of the communication, agencies found that the mobile application does not have representatives in India and it is difficult to track down activities happening on the app".
This is a dangerous precedent and opens the door to ban any app/service not having a presence in India. We should challenge this order in the Supreme Court.
What is the state of notifications on #matrix#element (android) without #google push service? I mean by that havin own matrix server and no google play service on the phone (only frdoid, no microg)
How we ran a 300+ attendee conference online using an open source stack including tech like #Jitsi, #PeerTube, and #Matrix / #Element - and attendees had a great experience!