Notices by Matrix.org (matrix@mastodon.matrix.org), page 20

@koyax @thibaultamartin all shall be revealed shortly :)

Our pinecones are starting to converge

We had a breakthrough! Synapse can now horizontally scale across multiple Python processes, with message sending no longer going via the main proc. This has spectacularly improved perf on http://Matrix.org over the last few weeks🎉 Read all about it: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-scalability

@kuketzblog hope that clarifies things a bit; please do ask us if there's stuff which is unclear given we are not trying to be opaque. the Matrix.org Foundation annual accounts are due to be published shortly, ftr,

@kuketzblog (using English as our German is terrible, sorry): The Matrix.org Foundation is described at https://matrix.org/foundation, and is this non-profit company: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11648710/officers. The only legal overlap with New Vector/Element is 2 directors, who founded Matrix and later Element. Donations from Patreon/Liberapay mainly go to paying the server costs for matrix.org. Matrix's code is FOSS and the contributors retain copyright... other than Element, who donates their contribs 1-way to Matrix.

Get it while it's fresh! This Week in Matrix is out now! Big Conduit news, lots of server updates, plus bridges, Gitter, loads of clients, and a new social network being built on matrix! #decentralisation #twim #matrix https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/30/this-week-in-matrix-2020-10-30

Synapse 1.22.0 is here! It sports better horizontal scaling, multi-arch Docker images, three experimental MSCs, and much more! Read all about it on the Matrix Blog: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/27/synapse-1-22-0-released/

RT @RobinJPickering@twitter.com

Interesting thesis from @matrixdotorg@twitter.com that a strong reputation system removes one of the main societal pain points that encryption backdoors are being pedalled as an antidote for. Lots of questions but reputation is the biggest unsolved problem of our time https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/19/combating-abuse-in-matrix-without-backdoors

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RobinJPickering/status/1318637299819827203

It's This Week in Matrix! News about: Conduit, Dendrite, Synapse, Hydrogen, Element (x3), FluffyChat, Gitter, Bifrost, Fractal, Nheko, Ruma, quotient, Noteworthy, 3 talks and more. PLUS Matrix Live with Travis! #twim #matrix #decentralisation https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/23/this-week-in-matrix-2020-10-23

RT @_joac@twitter.com

Después de ver ayer "General Magic" en @nerdearla@twitter.com , me quedé pensando por donde va el futuro. Imaginé herramientas como @matrixdotorg@twitter.com eliminando la necesidad de tener que regalarle nuestros datos a telegram, y whatsapp/facebook.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_joac/status/1319656824421928960

RT @OpenBSD_ports@twitter.com

abieber@ imported net/dendrite: Import dendrite, a Matrix server written in Go. Homepage: https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite OK landry@ No conflicts created by this import

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/OpenBSD_ports/status/1319283710189973505

RT @BrenAbolivier@twitter.com

ICYMI my talk at #ArchConf2020 will happen today at 1PM BST/2PM CEST! Be there to learn all about how to get started with @matrixdotorg@twitter.com on #ArchLinux!

How to watch: https://conf.archlinux.org/pages/stream/

https://pretalx.com/arch-conf-online-2020/talk/9PD9TP/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BrenAbolivier/status/1314835224375832578

This Week in Matrix is out now! News about Gitter, news about homeservers and some exciting client updates - widgets, Hydrogen and more! #matrix #dencentralisation #twim https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/09/this-week-in-matrix-2020-10-09/

After a rather twisty journey we are overexcited to declare that Dendrite (the next-gen Golang homeserver from the core Matrix team) has officially entered beta!! 🎉 Don't trust it with your data yet, but please spin up an instance & help us hunt the bugs! https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/08/dendrite-is-entering-beta

RT @gitchat@twitter.com

IT IS COMING...

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/gitchat/status/1314252991705292800

Looking forward to Open Tech Will Save Us #7, around this time next week! (5pm UTC) We'll learn about the current status of the Dendrite Matrix server (it's progressed since you last looked!), chat to folk from DeltaChat about tech and more! 2020-10-14 https://matrix.org/open-tech-will-save-us/

@sheogorath (and while they're not spamming yet, it's a pattern we've been analysing where spam bots slowly flood in before they're activated. if this was just data collection they'd use a single bot).

@sheogorath at {abuse,security}@matrix.org we're worrying about the health of the whole open network - not just the matrix.org homeserver. For instance, we keep comms open with the admins of the other public signup servers to coordinate on abuse like this. The reason to keep this sort of thing discreet is because otherwise you're just tipping off the spammer to how you're identifying their spam, which just encourages them to take countermeasures.

@sheogorath the best on stuff like this is to mail abuse@matrix.org or security@matrix.org - by making your analysis public like this it makes it easier for the spammers to see how to change their pattern.