Comment Re:Element Pro is not Open Source (Score 3, Interesting) 55
I call article shenanigans.
Element is a UK company. Which is not part of the EU. Why should the EU choose to use a non-European company, headquartered in a non-European country, with a non-European, non-compliant legal system?
The UK is already barred from offering unrestricted financial services in the EU, I expect communications services to be an area of concern.
Brexit is Brexit. The UK is out, and simply cannot be trusted with European communications backbones.
I may be willing to believe that there's been a tender process and their product is currently being evaluated, but on privacy grounds alone I doubt their product passes the bar unless they reincorporate in an EU country with 51% EU ownership, all other things being equal.