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Element @element.io · 17/09/2026
Element is the anchor sponsor at The Matrix Conference 2026 (Oct 20-23, Malmö, Sweden) 🇸🇪 The European Commission and governments including France, Germany, Sweden, are coming together to update on the digitally sovereign Matrix based deployments. 🎟️ element.io/blog/making-...
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Register for The Matrix Conference
Join us for The Matrix Conference this October. The four day conference will take place in Malmö, Sweden. Talks will be streamed live and virtual attendees will be able to ask speakers questions.
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Element @element.io · 04/02/2026
🔒 Decoding E2EE: Privacy vs. Usability E2EE keeps your messages private - but can make adding devices, recovering lost data, or keeping your identity tricky. We make it seamless with unlimited devices, full history, and easy recovery. Read about the trade-offs and how we work to solve them.
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Decoding the hidden trade-offs of E2EE and usability
Decoding end-to-end encryption: Privacy vs. Usability. Read more about the trade-offs and how we work to solve them
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Element @element.io · 07/10/2025
Element has signed an open letter to European leaders alongside other organisations. The Danish Presidency’s CSA proposal risks adding backdoors and client-side scanning – undermining encryption, security, and trust across Europe. Strong encryption protects everyone. Weakening it protects no one.
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Element signs Chat Control open letter
Element has joined other European organisations in an open letter to European leaders on the latest developments regarding Chat Control.
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Element @element.io · 30/09/2025
🚀 We’re pleased to showcase the work of our summer intern, Skye, who made a big impact with their work on encrypted state events. The blog post breaks down the project in detail. element.io/blog/hiding-...
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Hiding room metadata from servers
Every year, Element takes on a small number of summer interns to work on various research and development projects. Internships are a significant part of our culture, and ~20% of the current Element e...
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The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · 12/09/2025
The results of a 2 day hackathon (1 hour of demos!), an official Matrix server for the European Commission, and the Trust & Safety Working Group in Motion. That and much more happened This Week In Matrix matrix.org/blog/2025/09...
A YouTube thumbnail for Matrix Live. The Title says "How Hard Coul It Be? A two-day Element hackathon". It's the 12th episode of the 11th season.
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The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · 14/08/2025
We’ve now published the details of the security issues which we addressed in Monday’s coordinated security release of Matrix: read all about Project Hydra at matrix.org/blog/2025/08... and please upgrade your servers and rooms where applicable.
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Project Hydra: Improving state resolution in Matrix
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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Element @element.io · 24/07/2025
Element's backend team has published a great postmortem of their work recovering the matrix.org postgres database from corruption over the last few weeks. For those interested in the work Element does to keep matrix.org running, check out matrix.org/blog/2025/07...
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Matrix.org
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
So a man just walked out of this door revealing an office with a desk. Not sure you need the sign tbh. It’s train station, how exciting could it be?
A door outlawing photographs and video recording Same door as before
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Constant I tell ya!
Neglected housing, sign claims it to be under constant surveillance.
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This bin means business.
Bin with alarming signage
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
It’s happening. This is not a drill. The Door has been Opened. Repeat The Door has been Opened. Assemble!
Open door with the label ‘open this door first’
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Element @element.io · 20/02/2025
⚠️ If you’re running an outdated version of Synapse, you’re putting your organisation at risk. 🚨 Version 1.98.0 of Synapse (or older) exposes you to critical vulnerabilities, compliance failures and security risks. 🔐 Get up to date.
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Running outdated versions of Synapse is a problem
If you’re still using the old Apache-licensed Synapse version 1.98.0 or older, you’re running unsupported, vulnerable software.
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European Open Source Academy (EOSA) @eosa.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The award goes to... 👏 Congratulations to Amandine Le Pape for winning the Business & Impact Award at #EOSA2025! 🚀 🤝Presented by Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman of Mozilla and a pioneer in open internet advocacy. #FOSS #GovTech #OpenSource #TechForGood
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Element @element.io · 17/01/2025
🚨Nation-scale Matrix deployments will fail if built on the community version of Synapse. Just as a suspension bridge has a weight limit and will collapse if you exceed it - the same goes for community Synapse. Deployments supporting millions of users need Synapse Pro.
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Scaling to millions of users requires Synapse Pro
Nation-scale Matrix deployments will fail if built on the community version of Synapse. Huge deployments need a different architecture, which is what Synapse Pro delivers.
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Huge congrats to the team. This fundamentally changes what you can do with a large scale Matrix server.
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Element @element.io · 05/12/2024
US senators urge @deptofdefense.bsky.social to expand the use of the @matrix.org open standard in light of the #SaltTyphoon attack on the US telephone network.
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Senators implore Department of Defense to expand the use of Matrix
Senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt push the Defense Department to expand the use of Matrix to deliver sovereign, end-to-end encrypted and interoperable communications.
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 03/02/2024
Matrix stand at K2, come say hi. #fosdem
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
#fosdem here we come
Eurostar
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Right, let’s give bsky a go for realsies this weekend. 😎🚀
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The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · 21/09/2023
Since announcing the idea of Matrix 2.0 at FOSDEM, we've been busy building out full real-world implementations for folks to play with, and today we're super excited to take the wraps off Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix. matrix.org/blog/2023/09... 👀🎉🎊🍾👀
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Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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Matthew Hodgson @arathorn.net · 07/07/2023
I ended up on Sky News this morning, trying to explain how catastrophic the Online Safety Bill is, in terms of introducing a backdoor into end-to-end encryption: youtu.be/QQZ7sIk-iHQ
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Matthew Hodgson is interviewed by Ian King on Sky News about the Online Safety Bill
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Neil @neilj.bsky.social · 17/05/2023
I have questions …
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