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2026-02-01 18:24:16

benpate@mastodon.social

Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote the following Beitrag Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:03:02 +0100

With Encrypt It Already, we’re pushing on tech companies to deliver stronger privacy protections to their users by enabling and expanding the use of end-to-end encryption across their products or services. https://www.encryptitalready.org

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could send encrypted DM’s on the Fediverse BEFORE you could do it in Bluesky? #JustBetweenUs

2026-02-01 18:30:12

Ben Ramsey

ramsey@phpc.social

@benpate There’s not a lot stopping this from being added at the client level today, but the 500-character default restrictions set by the Mastodon (and other) server software makes it difficult to fit into a single post.

2026-02-01 19:22:16

Emanuele Panz

thepanz@phpc.social

@benpate IIRC @soatok is working in something like that ;)

2026-02-01 19:46:31

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Ben Pate 🤘🏻 Technically speaking, Hubzilla has had encryption for years already, probably for longer than Mastodon has even been around. It comes on top of Hubzilla's permissions system which already makes Hubzilla inherently more private and secure than Mastodon.

Downside: Hubzilla's encryption only works within Hubzilla where it is an official, optional add-on. I'm not even sure if it works beyond the Zot6 protocol. But still, one can't say that the Fediverse doesn't have any encryption anywhere.

CC: @Ben Ramsey @Emanuele Panz

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Hubzilla #Encryption

2026-02-01 19:49:59

Ben Pate 🤘🏻

benpate@mastodon.social

@jupiter_rowland

That’s very cool.

How much work is happening on Hubzilla now? Is there a chance that we could implement this same MLS-based protocol on it?

I think the server-side work is minimal. And, you could even use my Typescript code as a starting point…

2026-02-01 19:52:19

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Ben Pate 🤘🏻 Well, we're kind of in the aftermath of the recent Hubzilla 11 release. And I think the devs still have fresh plans.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Hubzilla

2026-02-01 20:58:13

julian

julian@activitypub.space

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2026-02-02 00:24:11

william.maggos

wjmaggos@liberal.city

@benpate

yes but I like #matrix...

it's complicated. I'd love the simplicity of one ID but I also think social media (public) and social networking (close community) need to be somewhat separate. old school twitter was a great example of the former vs the latter encompassing how we connect with family, friends and interest groups on Facebook. I'd argue phone calls and texting is social networking too.

anyway, the distinction matters for moderation. basically everybody vs just people I trust.

2026-02-02 01:24:19

DHeadshot's Alt

ddlyh@topspicy.social

@benpate
Trouble is, it requires JavaScript, so would never work in #snac2 or the #Brutaldon Mastodon client!