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**wakest ⁂** @liaizon@wake.st · May 9, 2023

"we fund Matrix dev by selling encrypted messaging to governments, which includes police: if you don’t like that then please feel free to use a different app" May 9th, 2023 -@element

source https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element/110340953550548309

Matrix.org's MastodonElement (@element@mastodon.matrix.org)@amatecha@merveilles.town @matrix @liaizon@wake.st https://element.io/blog/the-online-safety-bill-an-attack-on-encryption gives an idea of our position. And no, there are no backdoors. Yes, we fund Matrix dev by selling encrypted messaging to governments, which includes police: if you don’t like that then please feel free to use a different app.

May 9, 2023

**wakest ⁂** @liaizon@wake.st · May 10, 2023

wakest ⁂ @liaizon@wake.st

Element really just told us if we don't like their direction of selling services to cops we should use another app. This is seriously the direction they settled on.