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On the Matrix side, we explicitly didn't forklift the same library - we wrote our own cleanroom implementation from scratch, first in C/C++ as https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm and then in rust as https://github.com/matrix-org/vodozemac. They have no code at all in common with libsignal, and are Apache licensed rather than copyleft, and have been independently audited, independent of whatever Signal gets up to (https://matrix.org/blog/2016/11/21/matrix-s-olm-end-to-end-e... and https://matrix.org/blog/2022/05/16/independent-public-audit-... respectively)


off the topic but any updates on eu dma integration with messenger et al?

also, an unanswered question remaining was that the integration with meta viz DMA would apply to element only or the matrix ecosystem in general like i would be able to use fluffychat or cinny for example


Good to know, and keep it up!


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