A wide variety of video material distributed by the Chaos Computer Club. This feed contains events from the last two years
Latest episodes
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25 min
Closing (matrix-conf-2026)
Review and outlook Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ about this event: https://cfp.2026.matrix.org/matrix-conference-2026/talk/ZB8TVD/
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7 min
Making Matrix Feel Like WhatsApp Without Centralizing It (matrix-conf-2026)
Gua is an experimental Matrix-based messenger built around a deliberately provocative question: can a federated, end-to-end encrypted network feel as simple as WhatsApp, and what d…
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5 min
When the Bridge Looks Like an Attacker: Building a Focus App on Matrix Instagram Bridges (matrix-conf-2026)
BreakFree is an app blocker with a texting layer built on Matrix, it block Instagram's Reels and feed, keep your DMs. Most blockers make you nuke the whole app and lose messaging t…
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7 min
Matrix as an App Backend: The perfect container for private structured Data (matrix-conf-2026)
Have you ever wanted to use Matrix as a backend for privately shared notes, workout tracking, expense management, task lists, or local LLM memory storage? Matrix is a surprisingly…
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26 min
Widgets Working Group (matrix-conf-2026)
Matrix Widgets have been part of the Matrix universe for years — But: What is a Widget? What is its definition, taxonomy and specification? Why Widgets makes sense in times of AI?…
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24 min
A faster, rustier Element Web (matrix-conf-2026)
At FOSDEM 2026, we presented our plan to move Element Web to be powered by the Rust SDK by rewriting incrementally into reusable components. In this talk, we'll share our progress…
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26 min
Homeserver Decentralisation Working Group Report (matrix-conf-2026)
Matrix was created with the idea of federation at the core, but nowadays there is matrix.org which contains a majority of the users of the wider matrix network, nullifying the bene…
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22 min
The Engineering Behind Matrix Notifications (matrix-conf-2026)
A notification seems simple: a message arrives, and the phone vibrates. But in the Matrix ecosystem, a single "ping" triggers a complex chain of events involving E2EE decryption, p…
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24 min
Starting a Sovereign Chat Project in the Dutch Government: Early Lessons (matrix-conf-2026)
How do you start a sovereign, secure chat project in the public sector? Together with the Dutch Ministry of Defence, we are launching a Matrix-based solution to enable interoperabl…
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25 min
Feature asymmetry in interoperable messaging - a barrier for mitigating network effects? (matrix-conf-2026)
This talk is about how feature asymmetries between interoperable messaging apps may disrupt users' online self-presentation, that is, how they choose what features to use with diff…
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23 min
Common challenges for organizations when deploying [matrix] (matrix-conf-2026)
A vanilla matrix deployment already offers a lot options and is part of many digital sovereign communication solutions (and for good reasons). It can solve some of its tech depende…
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22 min
Speedrun Client with the Matrix Rust SDK (matrix-conf-2026)
The Matrix Rust SDK is one of the most complete, mature, and performant SDK in the world. To illustrate our point, we will show off how to develop a Matrix CLI client from scratch…
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25 min
Sustainable Digital Sovereignty (matrix-conf-2026)
Digital Sovereignty is on every lips, however whilst the tech is here, we have yet to find a financially sustainable solution to it. The tragedy of the commons of open source is no…
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27 min
Towards a Post-Quantum Matrix Protocol: A Hybrid Design Adapted to the Brazilian Scenario (matrix-conf-2026)
This presentation outlines the development experience of a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) extension for the vodozemac library, tailored for its use in MSG GOV, a Matrix-powered E2…
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25 min
What's New in the Matrix Rust SDK (matrix-conf-2026)
The Matrix Rust SDK has grown from an experimental client SDK into the foundation that powers Element X and other Matrix applications. Along the way, it has gained support for majo…
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24 min
Matrix Wrench - an admin tool for operators and community managers (matrix-conf-2026)
Are you operating a large server, bridge or bot? Are you managing lots of spaces or rooms? Do you sometimes need to modify rooms outside of your regular account? Try Matrix Wrench.…
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26 min
NI2CE network effects in a voluntary adoption paradigm (matrix-conf-2026)
Convincing users to move to NI2CE messenger and move away from the tools they are used to working with remains an issue. I would like to share my thoughts and discuss how other org…
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26 min
When to Change the Locks in Your Matrix (matrix-conf-2026)
When you operate communication infrastructure for one of Europe's largest defense organizations, "good enough" is never good enough. At BWI, we do not just run Matrix. We trust in…
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26 min
New phone who dis: User verification using X.509 certificates (matrix-conf-2026)
At Element, we've been thinking about how you can be sure you are chatting to the right person, not an intruder, without reading out numbers or emoji over a video call. One approac…
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23 min
Side Effects Include: Data Breaches, GDPR Fines, and a Group Chat With 47 Nurses (matrix-conf-2026)
Side effects of modern healthcare communication: data breaches, €1.2 billion in GDPR fines last year, and a group chat with 47 nurses. The treatment is a messaging app. The one you…