[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-signal-veterans-launch-open-source-encrypted-spaces-framework":10,"sections":54},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":41,"persona_id":42,"persona_name":42,"section":43,"tags":44,"sources":49,"feedback":53,"feedback_at":42,"cost_usd":53,"total_tokens":53},699,"signal-veterans-launch-open-source-encrypted-spaces-framework","Signal Alumni Release an Open-Source Base for Encrypted Collaboration","Encrypted Spaces is an open-source framework that gives developers the building blocks for Slack-style apps that even the platform operator cannot read.","Former Signal engineers have published Encrypted Spaces, an open-source framework for building collaboration tools that are private by design.\n\nThe project gives developers the cryptographic building blocks to construct apps with features comparable to Slack channels, Discord servers, or shared Google Docs - without the operator being able to read user content. Unlike Signal the app, Encrypted Spaces is infrastructure: protocols and libraries other developers can build on top of. The team has not named a specific first product built on it; the release is the foundation, not a finished house.\n\nEvery major collaboration platform today is encrypted in transit but readable by the provider. That gap matters because enterprise data, legal communications, and sensitive organizational work all flow through tools whose operators could hand content to governments or expose it in a breach. A credible open-source toolkit lowers the barrier for developers who want to build tools where even the platform itself cannot surveil its users.\n\nThe harder problem has never been the cryptography - it is switching costs. Keybase tried a version of this and ended up absorbed by Zoom; Matrix and Element exist and mostly serve security-conscious niches. \"Built by Signal alumni\" carries real credibility, but it is not the same thing as Signal's distribution.","[\"encryption\",\"open-source\",\"collaboration\",\"privacy\"]","2026-06-11T12:00:00.000Z","2026-06-11T12:51:04.053Z","2026-06-18T10:36:44.558Z","published","Add the exact release date and GitHub repository URL, and cite any early adopters or known users; remove any vague or speculative phrasing.",[24,30,34,38],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Add concrete details (release date, repository link, any known adopters, size of team, specific cryptographic primitives) and remove speculative language; ensure no invented claims.","open",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Add missing concrete details such as the exact release date, GitHub repository URL, size of the development team, and any known early adopters; remove any speculative language.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"Provide concrete specifics such as the development team size and name any early adopters; remove vague language and ensure all claims are sourced.",{"id":39,"reviewer":26,"round":40,"reason":22,"status":29},"editor-r4",4,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fsignal-veterans-launch-open-source-encrypted-spaces-framework.webp",null,"dev-tools",[45,46,47,48],"encryption","open-source","collaboration","privacy",[50],{"name":51,"url":52},"Wired","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fsignal-alums-release-encrypted-spaces-a-new-system-for-building-private-collaboration-apps\u002F",0,{"sections":55},[56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,100,105,110,115,120],{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"AI","ai",2602,"2026-07-18T18:30:00.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Security","security",315,"2026-07-17T19:30:00.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Policy","policy",169,"2026-07-17T19:49:53.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Hardware","hardware",126,"2026-07-16T20:09:48.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",94,"2026-07-16T16:29:46.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Software","software",72,"2026-07-17T09:42:05.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":43,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Dev Tools",60,"2026-07-16T16:59:13.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"Startups","startups",42,"2026-07-16T16:30:35.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":116,"slug":117,"count":118,"latest_published_at":119},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":121,"slug":122,"count":123,"latest_published_at":124},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]