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TL;DR "Signal, whose double-ratchet algorithm we stole and implemented badly[0], is bad actually. but we're good. please governments, plan your bombing of Yemen on Matrix and do so by paying an extortionate amount of money to a rapidly failing company who wrote all the software but still cant adequately administrate it due to its unpredictable resource usage and extreme amount of bugs. bugs that may become CVEs later"

[0]: theregister.com/2022/09/28/mat

Advancing Secure & Convenient Government Communications: The Case for Element

The recent incident involving the inadvertent inclusion of a journalist into a Signal group chat where US officials discussed sensitive military operations highlights the complexities governments face when using consumer messaging applications for official communications. Historically, various government administrations have used commercial messaging apps for official purposes. For example, Boris

element.io · Element Blog

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in this article, Element has to persuade you of 2 things:
1) Signal is ontologically unsuitable for highly sensitive information, rather than accidentally unsuitable
2) whatever makes Signal ontologically unsuitable for this does not apply to Matrix

and their argument rests on this:

"Signal is always consumer-grade, and Matrix can be enterprise-grade"

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