Lmst

@diogovicentemendes

How is Signal more "decentral" than Whatsapp? Both are centralized, walled gardens, even if the latter has the greener grass.

The #decentralized equivalent of Whatsapp is #Jabber/#XMPP.

#federation #digitalSovereignty

Our monocles crowdfunding is ongoing and we're so grateful for the support so far! Thank you!

monocles empowers you with open-source, community-driven messaging via XMPP, a privacy friendly email service, a cloud and more – for a transparent alternative for your digital life.

Help us create this real ethical digital solution, by the people, for the people. Every contribution makes a huge difference!

Be part of the journey & donate today ✊️: https://www.startnext.com/en/monocles

#xmpp #monocles #security

@nerve Hey 🙂 My recommendations are the same as I wrote in my #XMPP guide - https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html

So...
• Quicksy or Prāv for onboarding non-geeks (Prāv adds message moderation and retraction, but hasn't yet caught up to the Material UI)
• Conversations (my secondary client) if you want reliability and low churn
• Cheogram if you want more features
• Monocles Chat (my main client) if you want Cheogram features + more UI enhancements, at the expense of some bugs and quirks

Hope that helps!

Ich habe gerade verrückte Idee,...

Pen-&-Paper über CB-Funk 🙂

Eigentlich braucht man nur Würfel, die man dann "teilt". Das vielleicht dann einfach per Jabber mit einem P&P Würfel Bot - so ein Ding ist ja schnell geschrieben.

#ttrpg #CBFunk #XMPP #Jabber

@contrapunctus would love to know if you have an updated list of suggestions for #XMPP clients on android, specifically FOSS or otherwise unpaid

@lexfeathers

I would use #Jabber/#XMPP for it.
There are many federated public servers:

See https://joinjabber.org/docs/servers/ by @joinjabber or https://providers.xmpp.net/ by @xmpp_providers

Or selfhost, e.g. with #Snikket by @snikket_im.

How are the moderation tools on XMPP side? Can one block whole servers?

#XMPP

@lexfeathers have you considered #deltachat or #xmpp ?

https://joinjabber.org/
https://delta.chat/en/

They're easy to use and have great encryption. There is also #signal which has groups as well.

@gavinkarlmeier

Moin,

nein, nein, nein, wir wollen nicht auf Signal umsteigen, das nächste zentralistische, US kontrollierte Jail.

Offene Software, offene Standards, dezentral: ein Bsp. wäre #xmpp.

Converse, the in browser #xmpp client has a new release.

Introducing Converse 11: A Major Leap Forward for XMPP Webchat | Opkode - https://opkode.com/blog/2025-05-21-converse-11/

#XMPP Community

The next XMPP #Sprint in #Berlin starts tomorrow! 23rd - 25th May 2025 - it is open to all interested.

More details: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2025-05_Berlin

:xmpp: :xmpp: :xmpp:

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard

@Arios The Problem is #Windows.

Don't expect the "#DRMflag" to work when it's being used by @signalapp (which in and of itself is problematic for demanding #PII like #PhoneNumbers and shilling a #Shitcoin-#Scam named #MobileCoin!) because like the #API to signal to Windows "I'm an #Antivirus product, disable defender!" this will be abused.

Also working around #MicrosoftRecall and #Microsoft's unwillingness to accept (denial of) #consent is just bad and we should stop normalizing the use of said #Govware alltogether, as eben #pirating it normalizes it's use.

If you are actually concerned re: #privacy you'd yert signal, educate others and use #XMPP+#OMEMO (i.e. @monocles / #monoclesChat & @gajim ) or #PGP/MIME (i.e. @delta / #deltaChat & @thunderbird ) over @torproject / #Tor instead.

It does take a bit of setup, but in return you get extreme gains in #privacy beyond what any #VPN provider can offer - legally and technically!

Not to mention #Signal falls under #CloudAct, so your privacy there is already nonexistant!

Otherwise @Mer__edith would've been in jail for the rest of her life already due to the statistic inevitability of it's abuse!

@sbb @dangoodin

I'm sure, #Jabber will gain even more popularity by boycotting proprietary OSes, such as MS Windows, MacOS and iOS or by disabling features, such as allowing users to make screenshots 🙂

Jokes aside, TTBOMK, Recall can be switched off entirely by the user. Isn't that the better way than changing every single app?

#XMPP

📱💬 Habe meinen #ejabberd-Server frisch aufgesetzt und nun keine Kontakte mehr im Roster, hätte aber alle im Androidadressbuch gespeichert...

Konnte #Conversations nicht auf die Android-Kontakte zugreifen?

Find die Option nicht 🙈

#XMPP #deleteWhatsApp #UnplugTrump #freieMessenger

@daniel @ejabberd

sur mon profil j'affiche #xmpp pourtant je ne l'utilise jamais c'est juste un potentiel.

@dangoodin Every other desktop messaging app for #Windows would do well to add this, as #Signal has. And if they don't, they compromise the privacy of all those people who took pains to *not* use Windows (who use said messaging apps, and are contacts with these Windows users). Every alternative operating system - #Linux, #MacOS, #iPadOS, #iOS, etc - where you can run these non-Recall-protected messaging apps... they all get dragged into the privacy quagmire which Windows #Recall creates.

Another idea is for these Messaging apps to discontinue Windows support, thereby cutting off the infected, gangrenous limb, with respect to privacy. For example, #Gajim, the #XMPP client for linux, was recently stating they would release a Windows client for 2.2.0. How about just don't, and call it a day, citing Recall being too "radioactive" to privacy to get anywhere near?

I'm curious: Can web browser tabs make a DRM-insisting Recall-blockage, like Signal does? I use WhatsApp Web. How can WhatsApp Web - in a browser tab - do what Signal does here?

There is a job in #Berlin, related to #renewableEnergy, #embeddedSystems, #Debian, #freeSoftware, #C, #Python, #Django, #JavaScript, and even #XMPP.