Hi all, I'd like to suggest Matrix.org as a platform for LiberationTech, an alternative to mailing lists. I've found Matrix.org extremely usable for big groups of people to communicate, and very easy to access through one of the many clients, Riot (https://riot.im). Matrix/Riot are open source, decentralized, scalable, easy to use, available on all major platforms including mobile, support end-to-end encryption (audited already), can be run on our own server for better protection of everyone who is joining a channel (called "room"), and integrates well with IRC and other platforms if need be.
In fact, there already is a room called LiberationTech which you can access here: https://matrix.to/#/#liberationtech:matrix.org I know there are strong reasons to stick with a mailing list, but it's difficult for subscribers of mailing lists in hostile countries to protect themselves from surveillance -- we all know how tricky it is to set up an anonymous email account. Using Matrix would make this a lot easier, because the only entity that knows the IP of those in a room is the entity that controls the server -- and anyone can run their own. Connections to the server and among the federated servers are encrypted, of course. Anyways, I recommend considering Matrix as a strong alternative to a mailing list. Check it out. -- rizzo -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
