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mls-architecture

MLS architecture

2Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
77GitHub stars
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What it is

MLS architecture

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 10:49:33 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-11-15 15:20:00 UTC to 2023-07-21 17:40:20 UTC.

0122020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2023

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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Notably, this design lacks reputability, which for some reason they didn't even want (as it might be used by "terrorists"), which led to arguments with Ian Goldberg, the developer of Off-the-Record messaging. The arguments on the big tracker about power imbalances were maybe a bit better, but I still personally disagree. https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/mls/ZJ4e78obXSdYWnxmsN... https://github.com/mlswg/mls-architecture/issues/50
In End-to-end encrypted messages need more than libsignal

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