Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
“This is how Discord dies”
#Discord #AgeVerification #IDverification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #security #technology #gaming #messaging #socialmedia
Matrix is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty, https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/.
Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
“This is how Discord dies”
#Discord #AgeVerification #IDverification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #security #technology #gaming #messaging #socialmedia
Matrix is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty, https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/.
Thanks to all organisers, supporters and visitors for the great experience at our XMPP #Realtime Lounge and at the venue overall!
We end the day with this lovely creation from Angela (piscimisty) <3
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels #Belgium #europe
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DI.DAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
Thanks to all organisers, supporters and visitors for the great experience at our XMPP #Realtime Lounge and at the venue overall!
We end the day with this lovely creation from Angela (piscimisty) <3
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels #Belgium #europe
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DI.DAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DI.DAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DIDAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DIDAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
Talk:
#UnifiedPush - #Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source - Daniel Gultsch, s1m
Sat, 16:00, UB4.132
Visit the XMPP Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee
Talk:
#UnifiedPush - #Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source - Daniel Gultsch, s1m
Sat, 16:00, UB4.132
Visit the XMPP Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee
#XSF Announcement
The 28th #XMPP #Summit starts today at 09:00 am (UTC+1)!
If you come in person, reach out before (almost full). Else join remotely:
https://xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-28/
Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource
Add your provider to XMPP Providers!
Follow our new guide: https://providers.xmpp.net/add-provider/
Meet us at FOSDEM!
ULB, AW building, Level 1
#chat #messaging #xmpp #jabber #standards #interoperability
#decentralization #operators #service
#opensource #FOSDEM #ULB
#XSF Announcement
The 28th #XMPP #Summit starts today at 09:00 am (UTC+1)!
If you come in person, reach out before (almost full). Else join remotely:
https://xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-28/
Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource
Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges that #WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption contains backdoors allowing #Meta employees to access user messages in real-time.
According to the complaint, internal tools allow engineers to view chats by User ID without a separate decryption step, bypassing the Signal Protocol protections the app claims to use.
The lawsuit cites £whistleblowers who claim that workers can request access to specific accounts via internal tasks, gaining unlimited temporal scope to a user's history, including deleted messages. Meta has labeled these claims false and absurd.
Technical experts note that while the Signal Protocol itself is mathematically secure, the integrity of end-to-end encryption relies entirely on the security of the endpoints. Potential vulnerabilities in WhatsApp include unencrypted cloud backups, metadata collection, and the fact that the client software is closed-source.
Without the ability to audit the code or verify public keys through an independent directory, users must trust that the application is not exfiltrating plaintext data before it is encrypted for transit.
The legal action highlights the ongoing tension between corporate privacy marketing and the technical reality of centralized messaging platforms. If the allegations of an internal "widget" for message access are proven true, it would represent a fundamental breach of the encryption standards Meta has advertised since 2016.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/01/27/0550249/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption
#WhatsApp #Meta #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Encryption #DataPrivacy #E2EE #TechNews #Lawsuit #Whistleblower #DigitalRights #Messaging #InformationSecurity #SignalProtocol
Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges that #WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption contains backdoors allowing #Meta employees to access user messages in real-time.
According to the complaint, internal tools allow engineers to view chats by User ID without a separate decryption step, bypassing the Signal Protocol protections the app claims to use.
The lawsuit cites £whistleblowers who claim that workers can request access to specific accounts via internal tasks, gaining unlimited temporal scope to a user's history, including deleted messages. Meta has labeled these claims false and absurd.
Technical experts note that while the Signal Protocol itself is mathematically secure, the integrity of end-to-end encryption relies entirely on the security of the endpoints. Potential vulnerabilities in WhatsApp include unencrypted cloud backups, metadata collection, and the fact that the client software is closed-source.
Without the ability to audit the code or verify public keys through an independent directory, users must trust that the application is not exfiltrating plaintext data before it is encrypted for transit.
The legal action highlights the ongoing tension between corporate privacy marketing and the technical reality of centralized messaging platforms. If the allegations of an internal "widget" for message access are proven true, it would represent a fundamental breach of the encryption standards Meta has advertised since 2016.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/01/27/0550249/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption
#WhatsApp #Meta #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Encryption #DataPrivacy #E2EE #TechNews #Lawsuit #Whistleblower #DigitalRights #Messaging #InformationSecurity #SignalProtocol
Add your provider to XMPP Providers!
Follow our new guide: https://providers.xmpp.net/add-provider/
Meet us at FOSDEM!
ULB, AW building, Level 1
#chat #messaging #xmpp #jabber #standards #interoperability
#decentralization #operators #service
#opensource #FOSDEM #ULB
