Phoenix R&D

@phoenix_r_d
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We Build Secure Communication Solutions
Websitehttps://phnx.im
OpenMLShttps://openmls.tech
Messaging Layer Security (MLS)https://messaginglayersecurity.rocks
Bloghttps://blog.phnx.im

New release: Air v0.12.0

✨️ New features:

- The status of the last sent message is now visible in the chat list

🛠️ Fixes:

- Make text selection in composer smoother
- Bring back image preview to mobile clients
- Hide message composer in contact request screen
- Font size now follows the system settings
- Improve right-clicking on test messages
- Increase the back button hit area
- Ignore empty message edits
- Consistent status bar color in light mode

New release: Air v0.11.1

Air is a new private messenger based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Invite-only for now.

✨️ New features:

- Message deletion: delete messages for yourself or for everyone
- Support for pasting images and files
- New Android tray icon

🛠️ Fixes:

- Robustness improvements for message handling
- Contact requests were sometimes showing multiple times
- Opening the app from a notification didn't show the right content

🚨Der vorgelegte Gesetzentwurf zur "IP-Adressspeicherung" geht weit über vergangene Gesetzesentwürfe hinaus, die von deutschen und europäischen Gerichten als verfassungswidrig eingestuft wurden, und läuft völlig der eigentlichen Idee von Datenschutz und Datenminimierung zuwider.

Europäische Technologieunternehmen erleben derzeit einen Aufschwung durch die Unsicherheiten in den USA, der vorgelegte Gesetzesentwurf wirkt diesem Aufschwung entgegen.

#vorratsdatenspeicherung

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unsere-stellungnahme-zur-geplanten-ip-adressspeicherung-gef%25C3%25A4hrdung-qq8bf

Unsere Stellungnahme zur geplanten "IP-Adressspeicherung" – Gefährdung der digitalen Sicherheit und Souveränität Deutschlands

Sehr geehrte Frau Bundesministerin Hubig, angesichts des vom Bundesjustizministerium vorgelegten Gesetzentwurfs zur "IP-Adressspeicherung" und der damit effektiv verbundenen Einführung einer umfassenden und anlasslosen Vorratsdatenspeicherung wenden wir uns heute dringend an Sie. Unser Beitrag zur d

New release: Air v0.10.0

Air is a new private messenger based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Invite-only for now.

✨ New features:

- Jumbo emojis
- Support for Swedish
- Faster opening of plaintext links

🛠️ Fixes:

- Clearing notifications more often
- Show attachment maximum sizes
- Leave defunct group chats
- Show time of contact requests
- More robust group creation
- Small UI improvements
- Robustness improvements

RE: https://mastodon.social/@phoenix_r_d/115983471536996670

Good morning, #FOSDEM. I still have some invitation codes for you to join the @airmessenger beta ✨
Ping me if you'd like to meet up!

We will be at #FOSDEM and will bring something exciting: Invitation codes for the beta phase of @airmessenger, our new secure messenger based on MLS! ✨

Hit @cityroler up if you’d like to join the beta with your friends.

New release: Air v0.9.0

Air is a new private messenger based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Invite-only for now.

Thank you all for the helpful feedback! This release only contains bug fixes.

🛠️ Fixes:

- Adding a new contact failed if the requester had changed their profile
- Push notifications did not always work on Android
- Uploading attachments could not be tried again
- Buttons could sometimes be pressed too many times
- Contact requests would overwrite existing ones

We will be at #39C3 and we brought something exciting: Invitation codes for the beta phase of Air, our new secure messenger based on MLS! ✨

Hit us up if you’d like to join the beta with your friends.

You can also follow @airmessenger, where we’ll post updates over time.

Our solution builds on research by Alwen et al., using Puncturable Pseudorandom Functions (PPRFs) to allow multiple group states to coexist securely.

This means:
- No need for a central ordering service
- Maintain Forward Secrecy even with forks
- Better support for decentralized messaging

We are excited to share our latest work on making secure messaging more decentralized!

We've developed DMLS – a new approach that brings fork resilience to the MLS protocol, solving a key challenge in distributed systems while maintaining Forward Secrecy.

This work was made possible by eQualitie, who funded it as part of the SplinterCon Breakout program.

#Cryptography #MessagingLayerSecurity #DecentralizedMessaging #Messaging #OpenSource #Security #E2EE #Encryption

https://blog.phnx.im/making-mls-more-decentralized/

Making MLS more decentralized

It’s no secret that we at Phoenix R&D are big fans of the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol, having helped it to come into existence. It’s a versatile group key agreement and messaging protocol that’s used to power both asynchronous and real-time applications. MLS is relatively

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