Yeah, we will have much success converting people from WhatsApp and shit by telling them to run their own servers /s. If a non technical friend asks me what to use instead and I’ll advise them to use Matrix, you can be sure they’ll go to app store, install Element and register at matrix.org. So I do want to know if it’s operated by Mossad before I send my friends there.

I’m absolutely for free software, but this statement is very simplistic. Do “we” control software running on matrix.org, where most users have accounts? Or do “we” control what binaries of Element are being deployed to App Store or Play Store? Just because something has a free software licence, doesn’t mean it’s not important who the maintainers and major developers are. One of the important features of free software is transparency, which allow us as community to learn and discuss who and how develops the software. I’m not saying Matrix is bad. I’m still using it. I just want to know more about it and who’s running the show, and hear other peoples opinions and arguments.

I started a discussion about this post here:

https://europe.pub/post/4315776

Fixed. Thanks!

Thanks for the warning. Here’s the link to the original study, so we don’t have to drive traffic to that guys website.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

I haven’t got time to read it and now I wonder if it was represented accurately in the article.

Anyway, I’m in some kinda weird half-and-half place.

Like everyone else then.

We used to call them type A and type B personalities,

Who’s “we”? A quick glance at Wikipedia gives me the impression that it’s the American tobacco industry and “scientists” on their payroll. Hopefully you are not one of them.

Hey! We migrated !esc@lemm.ee (European Systems Collective) to !esc@europe.pub (as European Digital Independence News).

Thanks for maintaining this list. Very helpful!