Ben Pate 🤘🏻@benpate@mastodon.social: Whenever they write the Wikipedia article about E2EE, I just want a footnote in there...<br><br>#Mastodon was the artillery, the big guns that made the difference. #Bonfire and #Emissary were the special forces recon teams that made it possible.

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Ben Pate 🤘🏻@benpate@mastodon.social (2026-04-14 21:25:36)
Have you seen this news?

#Mastodon just got funding to add end to end encryption into their software.

So, some time next year, you’ll be able to send truly private messages to the vast majority of the #Fediverse

Im so excited about this.

Because it’s an open spec, this opens the doors for every Fediverse app to join the party.

Yesterday, this project was a proof of concept. Today, Mastodon has turned it into a stampede. 

#E2EE

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/
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Ben Pate 🤘🏻@benpate@mastodon.social (2026-04-14 23:38:31)
Whenever they write the Wikipedia article about E2EE, I just want a footnote in there...

#Mastodon was the artillery, the big guns that made the difference. #Bonfire and #Emissary were the special forces recon teams that made it possible.


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silverpill@silverpill@mitra.social (2026-04-15 00:30:00)
@benpate I wouldn't count on that.

In the announcement Mastodon team credits SWF for work on E2EE, not the people doing actual research. That's part of the deal.