Notices by Matrix.org (matrix@mastodon.matrix.org), page 19

@larma yes, Matrix stores unobfuscated room membership serverside (P2P fixes that). no, your device contacts (i.e. phone book) are never stored on the homeserver. no, it doesn't create "one room for every contact"; instead it maintains membership state for the contacts you're in.

You're right that cross-signing attestations currently leak metadata about who's signed who to the server; this can and should be fixed; have filed https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/2894

IT'S OFFICIAL: @gitchat@twitter.com now natively speaks Matrix!! Read all about what it takes to add native Matrix support to a large existing chat app, and bask in the glow of a world where FOSS chat is increasingly FOSS, open & interoperable once more :D 🎉🥳🍾🌉🚀 https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/07/gitter-now-speaks-matrix

@kuketzblog the homeserver never sees it; the identity server optionally sees it if the user chooses to use one; it never sees it in plaintext and it never stores it in either plaintext or hashed form.

@kuketzblog we only upload contacts if the user explicitly requests it, and even then, only the 3PIDs (emails & msisdns) are uploaded, and are compared by hash not plaintext: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/hs/hash-identity/proposals/2134-identity-hash-lookup.md and https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/pull/184 have the details.

@koyax unless a client explicitly does stuff with cross-signing, it shouldn't touch it. and the only ones which do cross-signing should do it correctly. would be interested to know the bug you're seeing.

RT @CarlKDE@twitter.com

I just added a new feature to NeoChat, a Kirigami based @matrixdotorg@twitter.com client. Now we have a fancy (but still simple) image editor build-in.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CarlKDE/status/1335713310973505536

RT @chromakode@twitter.com

For the past few weeks I've been hacking on the next step for @watchwoke@twitter.com: a fully-fledged standalone streaming platform.

It's early days but it's got chat (thanks to @matrixdotorg@twitter.com) and its own video CDN. And some really cool features coming up!

https://woke.net/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chromakode/status/1335017748871561218

Go read This Week in Matrix, please! All the latest news, plus a very thorough Matrix Live discussing the Element roadmap! https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/04/this-week-in-matrix-2020-12-04 #twim #matrix #decentralisation

RT @cryptovoxels@twitter.com

Opensourced our @matrixdotorg@twitter.com chat client written using @preactjs@twitter.com.

https://github.com/cryptovoxels/chat/blob/master/index.tsx

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/cryptovoxels/status/1334694918808170497

RT @LudwigBald@twitter.com

The coolest thing about @matrixdotorg@twitter.com is that it can be used as a universal backend for so many services:
- Shared To-Do-Lists
- Sharing files
- p2p video calling
- instant messages

In that way it helps unbundle software & service, which is good for the user.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LudwigBald/status/1334531006569865219

Open Tech Will Save Us #9 will take place next Wednesday, 9th December! Learn about Mobilizon, WebThings relaunch and the upcoming Matrix Spaces! https://matrix.org/open-tech-will-save-us/ #matrix

Dendrite v0.3.2 is now available, containing a couple of bug fixes and the ability to disable federation if needed. If you’re running Dendrite, please upgrade! https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/releases/tag/v0.3.2

RT @radicle@twitter.com

7/ Radicle is a fully open-source community project. Join our community channels to get involved.

Developer chat - http://matrix.radicle.community
Community forum - http://radicle.community

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/radicle/status/1333403657417748481

Open Tech Will Save Us #8 will take place on Wednesday! Hear from @Info_Activism@twitter.com on misinformation, CHATONS (initiated by Framasoft), and our own uhoreg on the state of #encryption in Matrix (it's pretty good!) https://matrix.org/open-tech-will-save-us/

RT @doener_tech@twitter.com

The Council of the European Union published a statement against encryption:

https://www.statewatch.org/media/1434/eu-council-draft-declaration-against-encryption-12143-20.pdf

Statement from @matrixdotorg@twitter.com: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/19/combating-abuse-in-matrix-without-backdoors

Discussion at @newsycombinator@twitter.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25028411

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/doener_tech/status/1325754269346258944

@msavoritias doing our best :)

If only there was an open building block for realtime conversations 😇

RT @juancampa@twitter.com

"large scale open-ended research, long term timeframes, but most fundamentally, a willingness to change path" amazing article by @djrobstep@twitter.com https://djrobstep.com/posts/programs-are-a-prison

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/juancampa/status/1325198884818333696

It's This Week in Matrix! Fun Matrix Live this week with lots of demos (Hydrogen, Gitter bridge, more!) then read all about Synapse and Dendrite, Fractal, Element mobile, new Elixir SDK and MORE #decentralisation #twim #matrix https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/06/this-week-in-matrix-2020-11-06

RT @_saadk@twitter.com

'it is important that Matrix was built with end-to-end encryption from the ground up, rather than bolting it on later. It also allows Matrix to support encrypted voice and video calls using WebRTC.'

Very good @matrixdotorg@twitter.com overview by @lwnnet@twitter.com
https://lwn.net/Articles/835880/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_saadk/status/1324326576314568705

RT @lawik@twitter.com

This is very interesting to me. Very curious about Matrix and would love to see this move into making a server. #elixirlang #matrix #element https://simplabs.com/blog/2020/11/02/bringing-matrix-to-elixir/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lawik/status/1324223396427816960