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   Matt Burgess (mattburgess@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 02:44:08 JST Matt Burgess

   NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.

   — Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.
   — Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards
   — WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable

   https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-interoperability-messaging/ #tech #whatsapp #dma #infosec #news #technology

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 03:13:07 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @mattburgess wait, how are they going to get into an agreement with Matrix (service) when Matrix (organization) isn't in control of Matrix instances? :thonking:
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 05:59:14 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @element @mattburgess :meowThonkang:
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     Element (element@mastodon.matrix.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 05:59:17 JST Element

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     • Polychrome :blabcat:

     @Polychrome @mattburgess it’s us testing interop with WA, using Matrix - not the Matrix.org Foundation (as the article says :)