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Episode: Beyond Olm (matrix-conf-2025)
Description: [matrix] as an end-to-end encrypted communication standard has its flaws. Flaws in privacy, flaws in complexity. With the standard of Messaging Layer Security (MLS), the [matrix] ecosystem has the opportunity to address old flaws, rethink room state and increase interoperability.
In this talk, I will provide a beginner's guide on challenges of [matrix] 3.0.
> Messaging Layer Security (RFC 9420, MLS) is a modern layer for end-to-end encrypted group messaging providing Forward Secrecy (PFS) and Post-Compromise Security (PCS). MLS further provides performance that’s logarithmic in the group size, an easy migration to post-quantum security, and is a rigorously analyzed protocol.
This talk wi...