Notable that the UN has moved to Element (Matrix protocol) as the basis of its messaging.
I'd like to see tech journalists do some serious coverage of Matrix, which seems to be a genuine alternative to the centralized, rapacious tech giants that spy on their customers for a living.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-united-nations-ditches-big-tech-in-a-bid-for-security
TechRadar pro · The United Nations ditches Big Tech in a bid for security
done differently 
@dangillmor The French government also selected Matrix for its secure messaging (but not including classified military comms, AFAIK).
@dangillmor https://telegra.ph/why-not-matrix-08-07
Even in a low-volume, niche group, we've already seen several of the failure modes in that list.
Telegraph · why not matrix?at this point it seems like most of the tech community is familiar with matrix, the "open network for decentralized communication". lots of projects and communities have migrated from a host of other platforms, including irc, discord and slack with the promise that their new spaces will be free forever. i first discovered matrix in 2021 and have dedicated a lot of time trying to understand exactly how it works, as well as trawling through github issues to try and understand whether we should consider matrix…