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title = "Beeper joins the Matrix.org Foundation"
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date = "2023-06-22T13:12:00Z"
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[taxonomies]
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author = ["Thib"]
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category = ["Foundation"]
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[extra]
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image = "https://matrix.org/blog/img/beeper.png"
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We're proud to announce [Beeper](https://beeper.com) is the first member to join
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the Foundation! Beeper is a universal chat app, built on top of Matrix. Beeper
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is strongly committing to support Matrix by becoming the first member in the
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Gold tier as well.
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## Matrix is a strategic choice
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Beeper allows you to connect accounts from up to 15 different chat platforms to
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get a unified inbox in a single app. The core business of Beeper is to provide a
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polished app and service to their users. Beeper is built upon Matrix: behind the
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scenes, a Beeper account is a Matrix account on the Beeper homeserver, and the
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company hosts bridges for its users. The experience is completely transparent
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for them.
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Matrix was an obvious choice in Beeper's stack because of its interoperable
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nature. [Bridges](https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/) are the core of
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Beeper's business: they are the most active bridges maintainer of the Matrix
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ecosystem, and most of them are open source too. It makes a lot of sense for
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Beeper to build on top of Matrix so they don't have to reinvent the wheel:
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homeservers exist, the AppService API that allows them to create bridges exists,
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and maintaining an in-house solution for this all would cost more than their
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contribution to Matrix.
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Matrix also solves the difficult problem of End-to-Bridge Encryption: it allows
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bridges to decrypt messages from a third party platform like WhatsApp and
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re-encrypt it for Matrix users. This makes the homeserver completely oblivious
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to the content of the messages. It protects customers against passive leaks, and
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the most privacy conscious ones can even [self-host their bridges](https://github.com/beeper/bridge-manager)
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to get total control of the messages making it through.
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## Mission aligned
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Beyond the obvious business choice of relying on Matrix, Beeper and the
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Foundation have a lot of values in common. The Foundation is fighting for
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interoperability possible at a technical level… but it's also fighting to make
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it possible at a legal and systemic level. We've been very vocal in the Digital
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Markets Act discussions In Europe. Beeper's CEO Eric Migicovsky also took part
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in the consultation launched by the EU in the hopes of opening up the walled
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gardens of [Gatekeepers](https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_en#who-are-the-gatekeepers).
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The regulation change brought by the DMA will accelerate the adoption of
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interoperability across the board, bringing the tools to make it sustainable and
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reliable, which is a direct business enabler for Beeper.
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## Join us
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We once again welcome Beeper and congratulate them for being the first member to
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support the stack they rely on! As for organisations who depend on Matrix: we
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still need your support to make Matrix sustainable.
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Join us in our mission to make Matrix the ubiquitous foundation for respectful
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products and services, [become a member today](https://matrix.org/membership)!
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