A number of NATO member states actually already use Matrix tech in their work. Those nations are interested in the tech because “it’s open-source and encrypted, they have control over it, and also they don’t have vendor lock-in,” says Matrix cofounder Amandine Le Pape.
NATO is doubling down on cybersecurity at a time when hacks are at an all-time high.
The organization is trialing what it calls a NATO Interoperable Instant Communication Environment (NI2CE for short), developed by Matrix, the self-described “open network for secure, decentralized communication.”
Member states, including Germany, France, Poland, Austria, Sweden, the U.K., and the U.S. have all individually adopted Matrix because of the system’s adaptability and security (it is a protocol as well as an app that can be used for one-to-one communication like WhatsApp, as well as more team-based interaction, such as you see on Teams or Slack). Much of that adoption has come from militaries or departments of defense in individual countries.
Very funny, those officials, ain't they?
Destroy everything and then are also depending on the last good techs... :D
good ideas need no coercion
maybe the officials should finally open up to LEARNING?
Franssen suggested at the Berlin conference that NI2CE’s adoption, using Matrix, could provide safe instant messaging without data leaks, and its federated and distributed nature means there isn’t a single point of failure in the event of a cybersecurity attack. “It’s a nice fallback solution to be outside your corporate tools,” he says.
Duh..
“The bigger picture for Matrix is still for it to replace the whole phone network, rather than just end up being a public sector communication system,” says Hodgson.