Important progress has been made regarding bringing MLS end-to-end encryption to the ActivityPub protocol, with developers already building implementations and providing feedback to a future version of the protocol spec.

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[–] Steve@communick.news 23 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

ActivityPub isn't the only way to federate.
It's federating the same way email does. Anyone can spin up their own server. And if they want anyone can spin up their own software. That's what federation is. Different servers agreeing on how to communicate with each other.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

What??? I thought being part of Federation meant being part of the WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION!

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[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

No that's decentralization, federating is when you can share the info natively outside the platform.

[–] Steve@communick.news 4 points 15 hours ago

share the info natively outside the platform.

I'm not even sure that makes sense.
Federating is based on protocols not platforms. And what does it mean to share natively if not using the protocol?

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

That’s a distinction that only matters to nerds.

Luckily most of us on here are nerds so it’s all good.