Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon - We Distribute
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One of the Social Web Foundation’s initiatives for improving ActivityPub will soon be a reality for the network.

Important progress has been made regarding bringing MLS end-to-end encryption to the ActivityPub protocol, with developers already building implementations and providing feedback to a future version of the protocol spec.

    • ageedizzle@piefed.caEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Matrix is not really integrated into the ActivityPub protocol the same way DMs usually are. I would have to open a separate application to message you on Matrix, I can’t just click on your profile and shoot you a DM (or can I?).

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          9 days ago

          I mean, there’s nothing technically stopping one app supporting both protocols natively, especially since Lemmy already includes a field for people’s profiles to link their Matrix ID. Though to my knowledge none do it yet.

          • KNova@infosec.pubEnglish
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            9 days ago

            Sure, in the same way there is nothing stopping Lemmy from using ATProto. The problem is all competing standards and what the developer chooses to use.

            • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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              8 days ago

              Perhaps, but I’m describing something slightly different. Your description is basically “one platform supporting two protocols that basically do the same thing”. I’m talking more about “one app that has two separate-but-related bits of functionality, each using the more appropriate protocol for that job”.

      • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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        9 days ago

        ActivityPub is only one of a number of federated protocols.
        One notably unsuited to instant messaging.

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I, too, am often pissed at clickbaity, exaggerated, deliberately ambiguous headlines.

      The subtitle makes it clear though: this is about ActivityPub, which has grown into the #1 federation protocol I guess.