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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Amdocs stopped funding it, but Martix and the company developing Element are both still made up of ex-Amdocs people. If they are connected to Israeli intelligence, it's not as though they suddenly aren't potential agents just because they stopped being officially funded by Amdocs.

[–] GMac@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I find it irritating that element's website promotes their origins as the creators of matrix but doesnt anywhere actually give names that could be researched. Yes i could get the directors details from Companies House but frankly its just easier for me to move on and not use their software.

[–] who@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you want to do a background check, you'll probably want to start with Matthew Hodgson.

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Arathorn

He is very open and communicative about his role in Matrix, so I would be surprised if you didn't find him with just a little bit of reading/searching.

[–] JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Most of the names you can find by looking at the Git history of Element's repos - but that seems a bit stalkerish to people that have private lives to me.

[–] cloudskater@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Doesn't Matrix also have ties to AI/cryptobro bullshit too?

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Not that I'm aware of. The only Discord alternative that I know for sure is associated with Crypto is Valour.