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🇪🇺 The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is set to reshape digital product security in Europe.

From 2027, any product with digital elements on the EU market - including open source - must follow security-by-design requirements.

Denise explains what this means for product developers and open source maintainers and how we’re already taking responsibility and building the blocks for our compliance.

👉 Read the blog to learn more: https://element.io/blog/the-cyber-resilience-act-implications-for-open-source-and-digital-products/

The latest Signal and WhatsApp breaches targeting German and Dutch government officials prove that consumer apps have no place in government.

❌ As European governments pursue digitally sovereign strategies, they should take the next step: Ban the use of consumer apps like Signal and WhatsApp for government-related conversations.

Secure government communications need infrastructure designed for the public sector - not repurposed consumer tools.

https://element.io/blog/latest-signal-and-whatsapp-breaches-show-that-consumer-apps-have-no-place-in-government/

At @fosdem@fosstodon.org 2026, Neil Johnson explored why sustainability is critical for open source - and why it matters even more for decentralised networks like @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org.

🌱 “Decentralisation without sustainability is just deferred centralisation.”

True resilience comes from long-term investment: maintaining infrastructure, investing in independent governance, and keeping core functionality open source.

▶️ Watch the talk and read the blog: https://element.io/blog/sustainable-decentralised-comms-at-element/

At @fosdem@fosstodon.org 2026, Element’s VoIP team presented MatrixRTC, bringing real time voice, video, and data natively into @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org rooms.

Key ideas include protocol-native real time support, scalable transports, and new building blocks like slots and sticky events, all designed to preserve decentralisation, federation and end-to-end encryption.

▶️ Watch the talk and read the blog for technical details.

https://element.io/blog/exploring-matrixrtc-real-time-communication-in-rooms/

💚 “An important milestone for the widespread adoption of the "TI-M Pro" messenger standard.”

Pleased to see Susanne Ehneß at Healthcare Digital cover the gematik commissioned pentest for our multi-tenancy solution that can help #TIMessenger compliant solutions reach family doctors, local clinics and high street pharmacies.

https://www.healthcare-digital.de/ti-messenger-erreicht-markanten-reifegrad-a-00ebf249638046ed2514c87db799e339/?cmp=beleg-mail&pt=6995a2bc8859d

⚖️ Digital Omnibus: help or harm for open source?

At @fosdem@fosstodon.org 2026, Denise R. S. Almeida shared a practitioner’s view on the EU’s proposed Digital Omnibus, aimed at simplifying rules across frameworks like the GDPR and the Data Act.

✅ Less bureaucracy (unified incident reporting, shared DPIAs)
⚠️ Risk of GDPR deregulation via changes to personal data definition

🗓️ The call for evidence is open until 11 March 2026. Now’s the moment to engage and help shape outcomes.

https://element.io/blog/the-digital-omnibus-opportunities-and-risks-for-open-source/

📢 Our multi-tenancy implementation of Synapse Pro has secured a Good ✅ rating in a penetration test commissioned by gematik, Germany’s national digital health agency. The external validation confirms that multi-tenancy Element Server Suite Pro for TI-M is a proven, production-ready backend for TI-M Pro solutions.

➡️ Hosters can now deliver a profitable TI-M Pro compliant service to family doctors, local clinics and high street pharmacies at an affordable price.

https://element.io/blog/elements-multi-tenancy-ti-messenger-solution-secures-good-rating-in-gematik-commissioned-pentest/

Digital sovereignty isn’t just about buying European software - it’s about control, choice and avoiding lock-in.

Open source + open standards let governments operate independently, switch vendors, and keep control over critical tech.

Europe has strong open source foundations, but they’re underfunded. More investment in interoperable, open technologies would boost resilience and EU economic impact.

📝 Blog by @Amandine@mastodon.matrix.org: Open source is key to Europe’s digital sovereignty: https://element.io/blog/open-source-is-key-to-europes-digital-sovereignty/

At @fosdem@fosstodon.org 2026, @dave@social.dbkr.me and Florian Duros shared how Element Web is being modernised - from its early architecture to the bold plans ahead.

💻 They explained how the team is modernising the platform to be faster, more reliable, and more flexible, while keeping the experience seamless for the millions who rely on it every day.

👉 See what’s next: https://element.io/blog/an-element-web-for-the-future/

Vintage article from @liam proven @theregister@geeknews.chat

Tasting notes: Part retrospective, cram-packed with lively facts, notes of real life examples, and with a wry finish.

Match with sovereign, interoperable and secure communications.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/

Good to see @maximilianhenning@eupolicy.social from @euractiv@masto.ai covering @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu use of Element and Matrix.

A government cannot be digitally sovereign if it’s locked into using a specific vendor. Matrix solves that problem.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-trials-european-open-source-communications-software/

🔒 Decoding E2EE: Privacy vs. Usability

E2EE keeps your messages private - but can make adding devices, recovering lost data, or keeping your identity tricky. We make it seamless with unlimited devices, full history, and easy recovery.

Read about the trade-offs and how we work to solve them: https://element.io/blog/decoding-the-hidden-trade-offs-of-e2ee-and-usability/

👏 Excellente présentation de @GuillaumeGrallet@mastodon.social pour @france24_fr@amicale.net sur les alternatives sécurisée et souveraines aux services BigTech de la vie de tous les jours. C'est un plaisir de voir @Amandine@mastodon.matrix.org expliquer Element et @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org, aux côtés de @gael@mastodon.social de Murena et /e/OS pour un smartphone sans tracker, et de multiples autres projets.

https://youtu.be/ycZVhWxPKiA?si=eoReBORF9aTR8lrD&t=170

Chiara Castro at TechRadar hits the nail firmly on the head.

Centralised systems are inherently vulnerable to global outages.

One of the many reasons why governments are building out their communications on the decentralised Matrix open standard.

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-need-to-go-beyond-signal-how-todays-aws-outage-shows-the-weaknesses-of-centralized-apps

Element has signed an open letter to European leaders alongside other organisations.

We are concerned that the Danish Presidency’s current proposal on the Regulation for Child Sexual Abuse could introduce backdoors and client-side scanning, creating risks for security, innovation and digital sovereignty in Europe.

We urge European leaders to ensure that any approach protects encryption, privacy, and the trust that underpins Europe’s digital ecosystem.

https://element.io/blog/element-signs-chat-control-open-letter/

Well, this is exciting! Super proud to see Element Server Suite powering the EC's first Matrix server!! @Pol@mathstodon.xyz@mastodon.matrix.org

Swedish Armed Forces opts for Signal as a quick fix. A more strategic approach would ensure communications remain sovereign, interoperable, resilient, and secure.

https://element.io/blog/why-the-swedens-armed-forces-switch-to-signal-misses-the-mark-2/

Looking forward to a busy Sunday at @fosdem@fosstodon.org with @matthew@mastodon.matrix.org delivering ‘The Road to Mainstream Matrix’ at 12pm, followed by ‘Matrix State of the Union’ together with @Amandine@mastodon.matrix.org at 1pm.

Check out the full list of @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org track talks: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/matrix/

📣⚠️📣 Announcing a new home and license (AGPLv3) for Synapse and friends: going forwards Element’s work on Synapse, Dendrite & related server-side projects is going to be released as AGPLv3 rather than Apache.

https://element.io/blog/element-to-adopt-agplv3/