On Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets
A quick look at Signal's new end-to-end encryption protocol.
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Europe’s Decentralized Messaging Survives “Chat Control” Threat
Good news for anyone building messaging infrastructure in Europe: Denmark's Council presidency is abandoning mandatory detection orders in the Child Sexual Abuse Material
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AI Bots Can't Use WhatsApp Anymore. So... Who Are They Going to Talk To?
Meta just banned third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp. Discord raised its capacity to welcome them. Two platforms, two strategies, and a choice that will determine whether AI agents can talk across platforms for the next two decades.
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Europe's Digital Sovereignty Paradox - "Chat Control" update
Can you build tech independence while breaking encryption?
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Why Europe's 'Chat Control' Proposal Will Cripple European Communication Industry While Failing to Protect Children
On October 14th, the European Concil will vote on a regulation that could effectively dismantle Europe's emerging decentralized messaging ecosystem, and shake the
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Spotify’s Direct Messaging Gambit
Let's analyse why is Spotify launching its new messaging feature and why now?
4 min readXMPP: When a 25-Year-Old Protocol Becomes Strategic Again
As new initiatives try to reinvent open messaging, too often starting from scratch, XMPP quietly reasserts itself as a reference protocol for open messaging.
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Supporting XMPP Standard Foundation's open letter to Meta for true interop
As a free and open standard for building and deploying instant messaging systems, XMPP represents the ideal foundation for true messaging interoperability.
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How Big Tech Pulled Off the Billion-User Heist
How large messaging and social platforms hijacked the international phone numbering system—a common good—to build proprietary communication networks that stifle competition.
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Thoughts on Improving Messaging Protocols — Part 2, Matrix
A Proposal to Simplify and Speed Up Matrix Merge Operations
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