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chrisb
@boscolo.co

The #ATmosphereConf last weekend was 🔥🔥🔥 One amazing breakout was on E2EE Messaging—a topic I’m passionate about bringing to life on ATproto. To align the community, I wrote a vision paper on E2EE Messaging for ATproto. Check it out and let’s push this forward together!👇 whtwnd.com/boscolo.co/3...

whtwnd.comA Vision for End-to-End Encrypted Messaging on ATproto | chrisbA Vision for End-to-End Encrypted Messaging on ATproto End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging built on ATproto could become the open, decentralized alternative to WhatsApp—free from lock-in, surveilla...
chrisb
@boscolo.co

Thanks @expede.wtf! There is a real tension in the community—that not everyone sees yet—between the desire to stick with MLS due to it being an IETF standard with open source reference libraries like OpenMLS, and the desire to use a protocol that doesn't introduce centralizing forces to ATproto.⚖️

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Brooklyn Zelenka
@expede.wtf

IMO with PDSes, even federated, you could use stock MLS in a meaningfully decentralized way. As you say: it closes the door on some features by forcing changes to happen only when online, which is a bummer (no local first or P2P networking in the woods)