Fortune-100 and British laws: Element messenger defends customers privacy rights

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While Matrix developers are pumping up the confidentiality of correspondence, the House of Commons is tightening the screws.

Element, one of the key partners of Matrix (a secure messaging platform), is concerned about the new cybersecurity measures proposed by the British government. In particular, we are talking about the Internet Security Act (OSB), adopted by the House of Commons last month.

The main contentious issue of OSB is the ability of the state to require companies to access encrypted messages if it is "justified and necessary". The government claims that scanning encrypted messages is still technically impossible, but it is possible that a solution will be found in the future.

This approach has been criticized by many experts, including Matthew Hodgeson, co-founder of Matrix and CEO of Element. According to him, any scanning attempts will put the security of users at risk, as this will require bypassing the encryption system.

Element's clients, including major players such as the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, the United Nations, and others, are also crying out for justice. Many people are looking for guarantees that their confidential data and correspondence will remain intact no matter what.

Element representatives say: "The largest Fortune 100 customers are asking us to add terms to the contract confirming that we will never implement OSB scanning systems in our software in order to protect their privacy."

The company confirmed that in any case it will not agree to the government's conditions in this matter and all confidential user data will remain protected.

Today, more than 115 million people are registered on the Matrix platform — twice as many as a year ago. Matrix 2.0 will be released soon. – An update that promises faster authorization, instant chat joining, and better tools for group calls.

In response to these innovations, Element is releasing an improved version of its messenger – Element X, which will support the most advanced features of Matrix 2.0.

Hodgeson states: "Matrix is becoming the backbone of modern real-time communications and plays a key role in international initiatives such as the EU Digital Markets Act."
 
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