







Whitepaper for Discord's Audio & Video End-to-End Encryption (DAVE) protocol
Every Voice and Video Call on Discord Is Now End-to-End Encrypted
As of March 2026, E2EE is now enforced for every voice and video call on Discord. This represents a multi-year commitment, and Discord’s VP of Engineering is here to talk about why it matters.

Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat securely!
Today is a big day in the Riot world, finally releasing the very first cross-platform implementation of Matrix’s end-to-end encryption!

Investigation into Message Layer Security (MLS)
This article investigates Message Layer Security (MLS), the IETF standard protocol (RFC 9420) for Signal-style end-to-end encryption. Through a practical analysis of OpenMLS (the Rust reference implementation) and a demonstration CLI chat application (mls-chat), the post reveals the substantial gap between protocol specification and production deployment. Introduction MLS (Message Layer …

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite
CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite
CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About AT Protocol and Bluesky - Stuff Rob Wrote
I've been interested in atproto (the protocol that Bluesky, Blacksky, and many other applications - including pckt, where this blog is hosted! - run on) for abo...


Better Encrypted Group Chat
Broadly, an end-to-end encrypted messaging protocol is one that ensures that only the participants in a conversation, and no intermediate servers, routers, or relay systems, can read and write messages. An end-to-end encrypted group messaging protocol is one that ensures this for all participants in a conversation of three or more people. End-to-end encrypted group […]

Cosmik New Year: 2025 in Review, and Looking Forward to 2026 - Cosmik Labs
Reading this forum post on open protocols and music publishing. Thank you @hilk.eu for sembling it.
Is End-to-End Encryption Optional For Large Groups? - Dhole Moments
One of the recent topics in Messaging App Discourse is whether it makes sense to prioritize End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) when searching for an alternative to Discord. Who’s Saying “No&#…

Confessions to a data lake
I’ve been building Confer: end-to-end encryption for AI chats. With Confer, your conversations are encrypted so that nobody else can see them. Confer can’t read them, train on them, or hand them over – because only you have access to them.

Integrating Germ with AT Protocol — Germ Network
End-to-end encrypted Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. In this technical post, we introduce the architecture of Germ’s integration with AT Protocol. From the beginning, Germ has been building for an interoperable E2EE ecosystem, and this extends to our integration with AT Protocol. We’ll define th

On open-science research labs on discord, and getting more people.
Note that the audio doesn't follow the post verbatim;it's still essentially the same content though. (audio version below) …
Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

The Catbird for Bluesky client app now has experimental end to end encrypted group chats. Built using AT Protocol primitives, all you need is to log into Catbird with your Bluesky account. Chat with friends, share images and posts, find your community again. Now available for testing:
Join the Catbird for Bluesky beta
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