Today is a big day: we're excited to welcome Josh Simmons as the first ever Managing Director of The Matrix.org Foundation! 🎉
This is a big step toward fully realizing the Foundation's role as an independent, neutral steward for Matrix. Learn more about why we hired a Managing Director and what @josh will be focused on: https://matrix.org/blog/2023/09/introducing-josh-simmons-mnaging-director/
@[email protected] congratulations @[email protected], thats awesome
Congratulations, @josh!
@matrix @josh While Matrix kind of lost some credibility to me due to Element's choices recently (talking about collaboration with law enforcement), this news brought some hope for me that Matrix might be actually going in right direction.
Thank you for making the right choice, and sending warm welcome to Josh! Here is hoping that under your leadership Matrix will become a thriving, ethical and accountable to its community organization!
collaboration with law enforcement
@hans I do understand what you are trying to say, however I do have to disagree.
The event of attending law enforcement conference by Element as company unsettled me for two reasons:
- representatives for company focused on creating a safe and encrypted messenger coming in ties with law enforcement, I see it as possible conflict of interest. Law enforcement globally continuously calls for removal of protections for citizens, while keeping their own communication private and secure, this is a global risk in my opinion that cannot be easily ignored. Their lobbying for lowering standards of encryption has negative effect on us all, and associating with group advocating for something opposite to Matrix's goals is problematic.
- I believe while police is doing their job fairly well in majority of times, it has been also used as tool of oppression especially against minorities (in my european country as well), I again believe that associating with this group is problematic in this context to mission statements of Matrix.
And I also want to note, I do understand difference between Element and Matrix as entities, however main leads of both are/were very dependent on each other which meant that there is some kind of dependence going on.
Law enforcement globally continuously calls for removal of protections for citizens, while keeping their own communication private and secure, this is a global risk in my opinion that cannot be easily ignored.
I again believe that associating with this group is problematic in this context to mission statements of Matrix.
@matrix @josh That's nice to see.