Check this out: https://clip.place/w/ajgJ5Hi69bbbxHCK3nXNdj

I just published a video of the new "end to end encryption" protocol for ActivityPub in #Emissary. The UX is rougher than I'd like, but you can see the client app is coming along nicely.

Today, it sends and receives messages using MLS, a widely used industry standard and successor to the Signal protocol.

By June 2026, it should be ready for you.

For more details on the project and my progress, see: https://emissary.dev/e2ee

#JustBetweenUs #e2ee

@liaizon

Everything on the table:

I should do this, but have been waiting because I *really* want to self-host the main #Emissary and #Bandwagon accounts on my own software.

Right now, Emissary is a great PUBLISHER and READER, but it does a poor job with DMs. So I couldn’t really use Emissary to support questions like this one.

It’s been on my roadmap for a while, and it’s why I’m excited to build #e2ee DMs, too.

But I do plan to launch these as soon as I have a good solution for DMs.

@hollo

Very cool, guys! Kudos!

#Bonfire is also working on encrypted DMs similar to Hollo. They’re using MLS, which is similar, but slightly different from the Signal protocol you’re using.

I know it’s a big request, but what are the chances of getting your #E2EE messages to work with Bonfire (and #Emissary) too?

It would be great for the Fediverse to have a unified E2EE standard in 2026.

Let me know if it’s a possibility. I’m happy to tour you through our work so far!

Check this out: https://clip.place/w/ajgJ5Hi69bbbxHCK3nXNdj

I just published a video of the new "end to end encryption" protocol for ActivityPub in #Emissary. The UX is rougher than I'd like, but you can see the client app is coming along nicely.

Today, it sends and receives messages using MLS, a widely used industry standard and successor to the Signal protocol.

By June 2026, it should be ready for you.

For more details on the project and my progress, see: https://emissary.dev/e2ee

#JustBetweenUs #e2ee

@scottjenson

And.. you probably know, but just in case:

We have a solid spec for E2EE on the Fediverse now (https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-e2ee/mls) with #Emissary and #Bonfire launching later this year.

As you'd expect with end-to-end-encryption, *most* of the work is on the browser/client. The AP server changes are minimal: a new KeyPackage object to store, a new collection, & other small stuff.

When we have working JS code, it'll be AGPL, and you could use it as a baseline for Mastodon 😎

#JustBetweenUs

There's a lot of energy on the #Fediverse right now to discuss/find a #Federated alternative to #Discord using #ActivityPub.

@strypey suggested that I put this out there to anyone who's thinking about it. We could probably rebuild most of Discord's features as an #Emissary inbox without doing a lot of back end code.

I'm too swamped to start on this right now. But if you're a great HTML+CSS designer, I'm able to give some time to a team who wants to take this on.

Hey #FediDev gang.. Do you think this is the right way to guide people from personal/organizational websites into the #Fediverse?

Some of this is defined in #FEP3b86. Some of it exists today in #Emissary (and the #oStatus "remote follow") some is being built by @dansup as #WebIntents, and some is just scribbles on paper.

If there's interest, I'm happy to write up the rest of this as an additional #FEP

@silverpill
@rimu
@evan
@trwnh
@julian
@ricferrer

There's a lot of energy on the #Fediverse right now to discuss/find a #Federated alternative to #Discord using #ActivityPub.

@strypey suggested that I put this out there to anyone who's thinking about it. We could probably rebuild most of Discord's features as an #Emissary inbox without doing a lot of back end code.

I'm too swamped to start on this right now. But if you're a great HTML+CSS designer, I'm able to give some time to a team who wants to take this on.