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2026-05-03 11:13:02 UTC

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I have a classic #Pinephone with #Mobian. Was around 240 € back then, IIRC. Of course, none of the apps you mentioned would work on it, which is one of the reasons I bought that #smartphone in the first place 🙂 I don't want such apps, if they aren't #freeSoftware.

2026-04-19 21:13:45 UTC

Congratulations, Sruthi!
#Debian #projectLeader #election #SruthiChandran
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2026-04-15 10:46:16 UTC

Among my friends, I see four stances about using #LLMs, with many nuances. Can you identifiy more or less with one of the options?
#bigTech #AI #freeSoftware #selfHosting #climateCrisis #surveillance #dataCenter #GAFAM #waterCrisis #energyCrisis

2026-04-13 09:51:04 UTC

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I absolutely agree, that "a cross-platform mass-user focused app with a consistent UX across the platforms" is missing desperately in the #Jabber/#XMPP ecosystem.
There are really good clients for Jabber, but none of them fits above description.
AFAIK, both #Snikket/#Borogove by [@snikket_im](https://fosstodon.org/@snikket_im ) and #Fluux by @npub10d7…pxcv try to close that gap.
Still, I prefer the approach of Delta building on #Rust and #Tauri, instead of #Haxe or #Typescript. #YKINMKBYKIOK.

2026-03-03 07:33:41 UTC

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v19/24
Just found that in the #openHardware #Jabber channel xmpp:openhardware@conference.magicbroccoli.de?join
How To Build Your Own #QuantumComputer
A group of physicists are developing a quantum computer that’s entirely #openSource, from hardware to software
#OQD’s flagship project is a collaboration with the #UniversityOfWaterloo to build an open-source, 30-#qubit #trappedIon quantum computer.
#RogerMelko #CrystalSenko #RajibulIslam #GregDick #Canada #freeSoftware

2026-02-10 15:38:53 UTC

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The report was 100 % accurate.
I started using Jabber ≈ 2014 and message loss was a typical issue back then! I wonder why I still continued to use it. A question to a shrink, I guess.
But I did not experience any message loss since many years, after all clients implemented so-called "Stream Management".
Btw. there are now two pretty good iOS clients (so I heard, I don't have iOS): #Monal by @npub1xxs…xwre and #SiskinIM by @npub10fy…wjz5 (or its fork #Snikket for iOS by [@snikket_im](https://fosstodon.org/@snikket_im )).

2026-02-10 15:11:11 UTC

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Yes, but most of my non-tech friends and family are on Jabber. Otherwise, they couldn't chat with me 🙂 The few, who refuse to use it, have to email me.

2026-02-10 15:07:29 UTC

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While #Jabber/#XMPP has not the same #confidentiality as Signal (e.g. more meta data is stored on the server; and current #OMEMO 1 is not as good as, OMEMO 2, which unfortunately is not widely implemented), but it's close enough for me.
The advantages of #federation and #digitalSovereignty outweight those minor problems. YMMV.

2026-02-08 15:24:58 UTC

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I use SIP, too — for calls to/from POTS! Both Ekiga and Linphone were pretty good, but got dropped from #Debian 😞 Now I use Twinkle and will try Gnome Calls, again.
TTBOMK, #Monal by @npub1xxs…xwre used to have one or the other known issue with A/V calls. Sth. with timing, IIRC? Maybe it's fixed now.

2026-02-08 09:04:30 UTC

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For A/V calls, #XMPP itself does the signalling, while the payload is going either directly from device to device, or, if one or multiple clients are behind firewall/NAT, a TURN server is used.
Most public servers should do that. Check on https://compliance.conversations.im/ if XEP-0215 is supported by your server.
Btw. which clients have you tried?

2026-02-07 22:33:40 UTC

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I never tried Signal or Whatsapp, but I'm on free and federated #Jabber/#XMPP since 2014. I came late to the party — Jabber exists since 1999. At some point, Google chat federated with Jabber, but they stopped it, because #BigTech does bigtech things.
Bridges from Jabber to Whatsapp and Signal do exist, i.e. #slidge, but because WA and Signal are anti-federation, the bridge can only work, if one has an account on WA/Signal 😞
Anyway, all friends and family are on Jabber now.

2026-02-07 14:30:28 UTC

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"for DMCA 1201 to kick in, the "#accessControl" must be "effective." What's "effective?"
An effective access control is one, that cannot be circumvented. If it can be circumvented, it was not effective in the first place. QED.
#DRM #circumvention #dmcaAntiCircumvention

2026-02-05 16:34:24 UTC

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Lo que falta es un estandard/XEP "Facturas Over XMPP" (FOX). Con "security considerations": Si las facturas contienen dulce de leche, se puede tapar la conexion.

2026-02-01 13:55:43 UTC

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Written by AI? OMFG, we are doomed.

2026-01-31 12:45:25 UTC

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From what I heard, the #Monal MUC is a good place to get help with both Monal and #Quicksy for iOS:
xmpp:monal@chat.yax.im?join
At the moment, Monal developers focus on a complete rewrite of the UI, so they probably can't spend that much time on A/V calls, but I'm sure they still can fix a bug once in a while.
Cc: @npub1xxs…xwre

2026-01-30 08:45:37 UTC

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Using Thunderbird for #Jabber is what I call a #BadIdea™ nowadays 🙂
Please try a modern client, e.g. #Gajim by @npub1u4t…7ldx, #Dino by @npub154r…alal, #Conversations_im by @npub18ds…6490, or #Monal by @npub1xxs…xwre.
Note, that I have most of my non-technical friends and family on #XMPP, and it works pretty well.

2026-01-30 08:41:00 UTC

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Ja, ich nutze prosody für eine Instanz mit 5 Users, eine mit 40 und eine mit wenigen 100. Bei 2000 wäre ich auch bei ejabberd.

2026-01-30 08:36:47 UTC

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Schade, dann erklärt's nicht das Problem 😞
Wenn's ein kleiner Server ist, nähme ich sowieso eher prosody, da aber definitiv mit file storage und *nicht* mit einem RDBMS. Bin mal mit prosody von file storage zu PostgreSQL migriert und bin nach wenigen Tagen reuevoll remigriert. (Nimm das, AfD, wir klauen Euch einfach die Wörter!)

2026-01-30 08:22:59 UTC

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Hast Du Mnesia oder PostgreSQL? Ich höre immer wieder von Problemen mit Mnesia, aber deutlich weniger mit psql. Es gibt ein Migration-Script, IIRC.
Cc @npub1cyh…a45l, der uns damals geholfen hat und vielleicht den Namen des Scripts erinnert.
ejabberd Logging ist aber in der Tat die Hölle. INFO zeigt sehr wenig, DEBUG extrem viel, dazwischen gibt's aber nichts. Und die Logs sind nur verständlich, wenn man Erlang kann.

2026-01-29 15:20:50 UTC

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I'ld guess #Kaidan by @npub1nuz…amgq? They are working on OLDMEMO, but so far only have TWOMEMO 🙂

2026-01-29 09:08:05 UTC

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I don't have any experience with #selfHosting Matrix, but what I heard, it can be difficult, if users join huge rooms. But it should be just fine, if not.
I do #selfHost multiple #Jabber/#XMPP servers, though, both #ejabberd by @npub1mnp…n7wg and #prosody by @npub1jyt…9kzy and that's pretty easy.
From what I heard #snikket by [@snikket_im](https://fosstodon.org/@snikket_im ), a dockerized prosody, is even more easy, but never tried it.
Maybe give both Matrix and Jabber a try and report here on your experience? I'm curious!

2026-01-27 18:16:46 UTC

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Better than using Jabber to promote MS-Teams 🙂

2026-01-25 09:17:26 UTC

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Oder noch besser: Die #Taler-#Kreditkarte. #GNUTaler bzw. #NGITaler (wie heißt das richtig?) finde ich sehr viel attraktiver als #Wero, u.a. weil man nicht auf Android/iOS zurückgeworfen wird. Aber TALER gibt's leider nicht als Karte, man braucht immer einen Computer oder Smartphone.
[@NGI_Taler](https://ps.s10y.eu/@NGI_TALER ) @npub1fus…tvjp

2026-01-24 22:36:16 UTC

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Da #OnlineBanking und #Visa-Karte auch ohne #Smartphone funktionieren, hat #Wero dadurch aber einen handfesten Nachteil 😞

2026-01-24 17:45:08 UTC

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GrapheneOS ist ja auch ein Android. Ich habe #Mobian. Warum kann das nicht ganz einfach im Webbrowser funktionieren?

2026-01-24 17:42:15 UTC

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Meine Bank ist zwar dabei — aber nur per Android/iOS-#Smartphone-App, d.h. nicht für mich.

2026-01-16 15:31:49 UTC

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Works for me with any #Jabber client 🙂
I co-authored an #XMPP-#SMS bridge:
https://sms4you-team.pages.debian.net/sms4you/
No idea about RCS, though.

2026-01-16 08:25:58 UTC

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Just because we're paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not after us 🙂
I'm personally not paranoid about Matrix, but still prefer #Jabber. Partially because the former is more or less dominated by a single vendor. Also, because #XMPP is more lightweight. Anyway, whatever is free and federated, is fine with me.

2026-01-13 07:23:15 UTC

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It's a lot of work and developers have other priorities?

2026-01-09 12:40:35 UTC

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"the #Indian government is mandating the presence of an active #SIM card to use #messaging apps"
IIUC, that only applies to phone number based services such as #Prav (or #Quicksy), right? I.e. bog standard #Jabber is not affected?
Anyway, it's pretty awful, esp. for people using other Jabber clients with their Prav or Quicksy accounts. Being forcefully logged out after six hours just do re-link their SIM is cumbersome.
Hopefully that stupid order will be defeated!

2025-12-29 18:57:40 UTC

You like Signal for it's outstanding #confidentiality? Fine!
You like Threema, since it's safe, it's from #Switzerland, and #ElsbethSigmund as #Heidi was your #childhoodCrush? Great!
You like Whatsapp, because your friends are there? I don't blame you!
But 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 don't claim, that any of those #centralServices would support #digitalAutonomy, #digitalIndependence, #digitalSovereignty. They have their merits, but they still are #walledGardens.
#instantMessaging
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2025-12-14 12:38:05 UTC

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I have #Debian (PC) and #Mobian (phone).

2025-12-14 12:33:22 UTC

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But it says "app for Android". I don't have Android.

2025-12-14 12:29:21 UTC

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I'ld trust Signal, too.
Alas, I can't use it, because the app is only on Google Android and Apple iOS. Even their desktop client requires such a thingy.
Also, I like to get rid of #EvilTech dependencies, which includes AWS 🤷
Oh, and they still want my phone number. That's not necessarily a blocker for me, but … why?
Btw. https://proton.me/blog/is-signal-safe says Threema were #openSource, but AFAIK the server is not.

2025-12-10 18:31:31 UTC

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⇒ @npub1xxs…xwre

2025-12-08 20:35:40 UTC

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I honestly don't know. But then, there are only very few Jabber clients supporting OX, none of them mobile.

2025-12-08 18:48:42 UTC

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It might become possible using #Libervia by @npub1xkf…w0mx one day. But AFAIK, messages will need to be decrypted and re-encrypted at the #gateway. I.e. you need to trust it 100 %.

2025-12-07 08:59:44 UTC

"Meet the #AIworkers who tell their friends and family to stay away from #AI
At home, she has forbidden her 10-year-old daughter from using #chatbots. “She has to learn #criticalThinking skills first or she won’t be able to tell if the output is any good,” the [#AIrater #KristaPawloski] said."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/22/ai-workers-tell-family-stay-away
#TheGuardian #VarshaBansal #racism #ethics

2025-12-03 19:04:40 UTC

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I'm sure, I'm able to write a Delta client, that has both horrible UX, and is incompatible to other clients.

2025-12-03 19:00:01 UTC

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More good than bad. If there is only a single product, it will never adapt to different needs and use cases. #DiversityIsStrength.

2025-10-23 17:53:01 UTC

"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place" — Eric Schmidt in 2009, then Google CEO
And now: "Loser of the Week
Former Google boss and tech #billionaire #EricSchmidt has been accused by his former mistress of having her and her family surveilled, according to a new civil lawsuit. Schmidt is yet to comment."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2025/10/21/ice-spies-on-whatsapp/
#surveillance #privacy #humanRights #domesticAbuse #Forbes #ThomasBrewster

2025-10-10 21:51:23 UTC

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I agree with "go for whatever makes you feel good", BUT would hope, that you feel best by helping with one of the existing clients instead of starting yet another one.
The problem with #Jabber clients is not lack of them, but that most are incomplete. E.g. #ConverseJS and #Gajim lack A/V calls, #Dino lacks adhoc commands and an official Windows build, etc.
Writing a good chat client is a HUGE endeavour. Better join a friendly team than work alone.
#XMPP

2025-09-04 18:12:05 UTC

#Jabber is the #fediverse of #chat.

2025-08-16 08:06:41 UTC

Happy 100000th #birthday, #Debian
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/08/msg00006.html
@npub1p63…rdua

2025-08-12 20:38:00 UTC

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So far, I only tried out LLM briefly out of curiosity. Esp. with #elisp the results were underwhelming. The LLM suggested to use functions, that did sound exactly right for the job — but did not exist 😞
Killing the planet all well and good, if at least I could get useful code 🤷

2025-08-04 08:14:04 UTC

#Convo by @npub1fw5…p4dp makes me somewhat curious about #KaiOS devices, such as #Nokia800Tough.
https://nlnet.nl/project/Convo/
But I have already far too many toys to play with. If there only were an #openHardware + #freeSoftware variant of it…
#FirefoxOS #GerdaOS #Jabber

2025-07-26 11:01:22 UTC

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Would love to see that feature on #Mobian/#Phosh:
Enter regular #PIN: Unlock.
Enter emergency PIN: Device wiped (factory reset).
Enter guest PIN: Device unlocked for guest users.
Enter control PIN: Same as above, but everything happening on and around the device is streamed encrypted to a NAS. E.g. for toxic partners or toxic border control.
Now just remember the four PINs and don't confuse them!
#privacy #smartphone

2025-07-17 18:55:11 UTC

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Freu'n kann ick ma, kost' ja nüscht 🙂
Aber #Wero einsetzen kann ich erstmal nicht, da es für den #OnlineHandel noch nicht eingesetzt wird und ich mir für die seltenen Transaktionen mit Bekannten nicht extra ein Android- oder iOS-#Smartphone zulegen werde.
Da bleibt's bei den Wertgutscheinen der #ECB a.k.a. #Bargeld.
Ich freue mich definitiv auf #TALER von @npub1fus…tvjp und [@NGI_Taler](https://ps.s10y.eu/@NGI_Taler ) — das hat aus meiner Sicht mehr Potential als Wero.

2025-07-13 17:20:48 UTC

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Just uploaded to #Debian #experimental.
#Jabber #XMPP

2025-07-05 21:00:19 UTC

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#Conversations_im esta gratuito unas veces por año como promoción. Desde navidad y año nuevo y el primero de mayo, creo.
#Quicksy siempre esta gratuito, #Snikket también.
Igual esta mejor usar #FDroid por @npub1mtr…trt0 🙂
#Jabber #XMPP

2025-06-16 08:08:10 UTC

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Tengo instalaciones de #ejabberd por @npub1mnp…n7wg y #prosody por @npub1jyt…9kzy. Ambos facil de instalar (paquetes de #Debian) y mantener, con muy poco mantenimiento.
La configuración de ejabberd (YAML) me gusta mas que prosody (Lua). Uso ejabberd con #PostgreSQL, prosody con "file storage".
Prosody ya tiene invitaciones, que me parece buenisimo:
https://blog.prosody.im/great-invitations/
No tengo experiencia con otros servidores, como #Tigase por @npub10fy…wjz5 u #Openfire por @npub158j…9y4q.
#Jabber #XMPP

2025-06-15 09:44:23 UTC

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"(… We desperately need #mobileLinux to become an Android replacement! (Although I don't really see that happening any time soon unfortunately.))"
Not in the sense of having millions of proprietary apps, not in the sense of running on 80 % of all #smartphones, not yet in the sense of being easy to use for non-geeks.
But if you are #Linux-savvy and OK with buying one of the very few compatible smartphones, e.g. #Mobian or #PostmarketOS are pretty usable now.
#Lisp

2025-06-03 21:40:20 UTC

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#PinePhone (not pro) with #Mobian #trixie, so this must be #phosh 0.46.
I desperately miss an #OSM #maps app. Must support offline mode, must allow downloading areas (i.e. before travel), but doesn't need to have navigation features, if search is good. It's the only thing I miss after leaving Android years ago.
#OpenStreetMap

2025-05-21 18:48:10 UTC

There is a job in #Berlin, related to #renewableEnergy, #embeddedSystems, #Debian, #freeSoftware, #C, #Python, #Django, #JavaScript, and even #XMPP.
https://www.ammonit.com/about-us/career/
Disclaimer: It's my company/employer.
EDIT: It's not necessary to tick ALL the boxes. There is always time to learn.
EDIT²: Due to a change of the website, the offer is gone atm.
EDIT³: Website is fixed!
#Ammonit #greenJobs #fediJobs #fediHire #windEnergy #solarEnergy

2025-05-20 06:43:39 UTC

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Ich zahle unterwegs, im Laden, in der Gastronomie immer nur mit #Bargeld. Um nicht in Probleme zu geraten, habe ich nie eine Kreditkarte o.ä. dabei, es sei denn ich gehe zum Geldautomaten. Tatsächlich konnte ich mit dieser "Ausrede" schon in mehreren Restaurants, die eigentlich kein Bargeld nehmen, doch damit bezahlen. Die Liebe zum #Digitalzwang war dann wohl doch nicht so groß, daß man mich eingeladen hätte 🙂

2025-05-19 18:13:25 UTC

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"Manche Services seien ohne die App nicht verfügbar. [@npub1djl…29dy von @npub1t3g…qqds] sagt: “Wer reisen will, wird zur App gezwungen – und wer die App nutzt, wird ausgespäht. Das ist #Digitalzwang und Datenmissbrauch.” Die Kunden wollten #Bahn fahren, ohne überwacht zu werden."
👍
Und ohne ein #Smartphone mitführen zu müssen.

2025-05-19 17:00:26 UTC

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Sowohl unplausibel als auch unsolidarisch.
Logik: Warum willst Du das schimmlige Brot nicht essen? Andere Leute gehen sogar zu McDo!
Allerdings wäre es IMHO wichtiger, sich um die Offline-Angebote (Reisezentrum, Fahrscheinautomaten) zu kümmern als um eine App, die einige auch dann nicht nutzten, wenn sie keine Trackers enthielte.
Z.B. weil es sie nicht bei #FDroid gibt und keine #freeSoftware ist oder weil sie im Urlaub prinzipiell kein Handy dabei haben wollen.

2025-05-19 07:08:01 UTC

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Doesn't iOS have a decent terminal, so you could use #Profanity by @npub1043…k664 there, too? 🙂
I assume, that both #Monal by @npub1xxs…xwre and #SiskinIM by @npub10fy…wjz5 might need more support.
E.g. at the #Berlin #XMPP sprint this weekend: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2025-05_Berlin

2025-05-16 14:16:57 UTC

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#Debian users can find the new #Gajim version in the #experimental distribution until #Trixie is released.
#Jabber #XMPP

2025-05-16 14:06:40 UTC

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You mean an OS with an older #GTK than 4.18, but the latest #Megapixels? Any recommendation?

2025-05-15 17:48:08 UTC

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Thank you for your elaborate and insightful post!
My #PinePhone is only 4.5 years old. Far too young to die. It's #camera is not very good, though, so I can easily do without #Megapixels for the next 5.5 years.
@npub128a…pf6f @npub13a8…am5l

2025-05-14 15:31:11 UTC

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Oh 😞
I cannot even think "flatpak" and "satisfying" together.

2025-05-13 19:55:43 UTC

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What does that mean for users of #PinePhone?
◯ GTK4.18 dropped #GLES2 renderer
⚬ affected devices: PinePhone, #Librem5 (, #MNTReform)
Better stay with #GTK < 4.18 for performance?
#OpenGL #Mobian #MESA

2025-04-25 09:15:40 UTC

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Why/how is #OX limited by #MAM?

2025-04-25 09:14:50 UTC

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TTBOMK, #OX has more implementations than #ATM. At least #Gajim, #Libervia, #Profanity, and #xmppc do support 🐂, while (AFAIK) only #Kaidan implements 🏧.

2025-04-25 08:46:49 UTC

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Unfortunately, public wifi and other badly configured #firewalls killed the concept of TCP ports. There is only one port left, that's 443 for everything.
Some people argue, it is a blessing for #privacy, because all our criminal #Jabber usage is hidden now.

2025-04-25 08:39:42 UTC

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Nice!
But it appears pretty complex to me. Going straight #OX sounds so much simpler to me 🙂 People would only have to announce new keys every some years.
Btw., neither #ATM nor #crossSigning solves problems like this one, reported by @npub1qqr…wnpg:
https://mastodon.social/@ivangj/114377421839630075

2025-04-25 07:48:20 UTC

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That's just the "normal" #nginx domain, location and #reverseProxy stuff. I don't have a good example at hand (we have it at work, but the git is not yet public, sorry), maybe others can point to a good tutorial?
@npub1jyt…9kzy maybe?
(Reminder to myself: Put more $dayjob stuff to the public git. There are no secrets anyway.)
#Jabber #XMPP #prosody

2025-04-24 22:56:43 UTC

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I copied my #nginx configuration from here:
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Tech_pages/XEP-0368#nginx
Alternatively, you can use #sslh, but I don't have any experience with that.

2025-04-24 19:59:50 UTC

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Is there a #XEP specifying #crossSigning? I'm only aware of "XEP-0450: Automatic Trust Management (#ATM)".
Btw. the third option would be #OX instead of #OMEMO. One key per account, not per device. No problems with reading messages from #MAM with a new device. Dreaming is free.
[@alienghic](https://timeloop.cafe/@alienghic )

2025-04-24 17:39:22 UTC

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I strongly suggest to run both xmpps-client and HTTP upload (and BOSH and websocket, if we are at it) all over 443.
No idea, if it would have helped in your situation, but it helped me a lot, e.g. in British trains.
#Jabber #XMPP

2025-04-22 06:36:41 UTC

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Dino 0.5.0 is now in #Debian 13 #trixie and Debian 12 stable-#backports. Enjoy chatting!
#Jabber #XMPP

2025-04-09 19:37:50 UTC

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It's absolutely OK to make such a compromise. I would not blame anyone for deciding to do so!
But IMHO, you argue in favour of federated messaging 🙂 If your friend uses gmail and you are on yahoo and somebody else does selfhost email, you can still communicate. You are on mstdn.social, I'm on framapiaf.org and we can communicate. This is the exact idea of #Jabber, too.
In contrast, WA, Signal etc. are closed silos forcing people to use a dozen of apps.

2025-04-09 19:12:55 UTC

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I can't really advocate Signal on one hand and say "btw. I'm not on Signal, please write an email" on the other 🙂
Or advocate Signal and when DJT orders Jeff B. to shut it down say "I told you so" 😞

2025-04-09 18:41:14 UTC

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While the centralized nature of Signal and their 100 % dependency on Amazon AWS is the biggest disadvantage, there are more:
First class clients exist only for Google Android and Apple iOS. People who use an alternative OS (e.g. I'm on #Mobian) are excluded for now.
And their deciscion to base account ids on phone numbers is questionable at best.

2025-04-07 19:53:01 UTC

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Offenbar werden die Studierenden zur App gezwungen. #Passes auf #Mobian¹ ginge zwar technisch, wird aber nicht akzeptiert. So jedenfalls #MartinBallaschk im #Tagesspiegel:
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/studierende-argern-sich-uber-app-zwang-informatiker-haben-sicherheitsbedenken-13475992.html
Und eigentlich sollte es sowieso ohne #Smartphone gehen…
@npub1t3g…qqds
¹ https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/passes-gtk

2025-04-07 08:36:31 UTC

Can I haz #LetsEncrypt alternative in #EU, pleaze?
@npub19zc…jfcm
#LE #certbot #TLS #CA #certificateAuthority #digitalSovereignty #EuropeanUnion #Europe #ACME

2025-04-04 08:47:00 UTC

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Das löst zumindest das Problem, daß es nicht mit #Mobian, #PostmarketOS etc. ginge. Gut!
Das grundlegendere Problem, dafür verantwortlich zu sein, ein funktionstüchtiges, elektronisches Device dabei haben zu müssen, wenn man die #BVG nutzen will, die man bereits zwangsweise bezahlt hat, bleibt leider. Eine Chipkarte o.ä. wäre die naheliegende Lösung 🤷
Ob eine Klage wohl Aussicht auf Erfolg hätte, @npub1t3g…qqds?

2025-04-02 19:18:18 UTC

Wer denkt sich so einen Käse aus?
#Digitalisierung mit dem #Holzhammer, ohne Sinn und Verstand.
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/ohne-smartphone-kein-ticket-berliner-studierende-verargert-uber-semesterticket-app-13474081.html
Vermutlich ist die App nicht mal #freieSoftware und läuft nicht auf alternativen Betriebssystemen wie #Mobian oder #PostmarketOS.
Da zahlt man 362.80 €/a, aber kann den Fahrschein nicht nutzen, wenn man kein Google Android oder Apple iOS haben will? Krass.
#Digitalzwang #Handyzwang #Smartphonezwang #GAFAMzwang #MalteNeumann #Tagesspiegel #Berlin #BVG #ÖPNV #Studiticket

2025-04-02 19:10:08 UTC

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Signal as an easy-to-use and probably more secure WA replacement? Sure.
But for #digitalSovereignty we should go for something really free and federated, just like the fediverse. There are various options, of course. Each with pros and cons attached.
(My personal favourite is #Jabber, which exists since 1999 and is extremely easy to use thanks to #Quicksy and its Indian cousin #Prav.)
#XMPP #UseJabberDoCrime

2025-04-02 19:05:45 UTC

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Sorry, if my non-mastering of Dutch is confusing me 🙂
If I understand correctly, you see a migration from WA to Signal as a move away from #BigTech and to more freedom. I disagree strongly.
Signal is probably more secure than WA and their team is much more trustworthy.
But it's involuted in big tech. It runs on the US Amazon cloud of Jeff B., it only works (fully) with Google Android and Apple iOS, and it even forces use of phone numbers as ids. That's not freedom in my book.

2025-03-24 09:50:37 UTC

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And there is more to it:
1. Not only it is centralized, but not everyone feels comfortable with Amazon AWS, i.e. putting more money into the pockets of Jeff B.
2. They only care about Google Android and Apple iOS. Their Linux app does not even work without an Android device. Bad luck for Linux users.
3. There is no option to have an account without linked phone number. And using a burner phone number, users can lose their account.
(1/2)

2025-03-22 10:42:57 UTC

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I'm not a huge fan of "individual #selfHosting", but prefer "#community self-hosting". Because of #lorryFactor and danger of overwork. Self-hosting for ones family has additional risks, given that some families are dangerous places.
I'm co-maintaining the #Jabber server of the local #Berlin Internet club we founded in 1995 🙂
We give people a free and federated alternative to closed silos such as Whatsapp or Signal.
#digitalSovereignty #UseJabberDoCrime #XMPP

2025-03-09 08:34:11 UTC

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Link dazu:
https://www.hessenschau.de/wirtschaft/kritik-an-digital-only-produkten-datenschuetzer-und-sozialverband-fordern-analoge-angebote-v1,app-digitale-angebote-100.html
@npub1t3g…qqds
#Handyzwang #GAFAMzwang #DeutscheBahn #Bahncard #TobiasLübben #DHL #Packstation

2025-02-20 11:59:47 UTC

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IIRC, gtalk did federate. I had some Google contacts in my roster. It worked even many months after the service officially ended.

2025-02-15 00:46:09 UTC

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The #Pinephone keyboard case seems to be out of stock 😞

2025-02-12 11:33:38 UTC

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"And I don‘t know a single #sweatshop happy about #labour safety laws either."
"And I don‘t know a single #pimp happy about #sexworkers rights either."
"And I don‘t know a single chemical #waste dump happy about #environment protection rules either."
If #JDVance criticises our #GDPR, the #EU did the right thing!
#privacy #humanRights #EUpol #dataProtection #AI

2025-02-08 14:12:52 UTC

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There should be an #EU law, that mandates #cash being accepted more or less everywhere. Maybe not for high value payments ≥ 20000 €.

2025-02-08 09:56:38 UTC

#Cashless #dystopia:
"#Sweden is a nearly cashless society – here’s how it affects people who are left out" by #MoaPetersén and #LenaHalldenius
https://theconversation.com/sweden-is-a-nearly-cashless-society-heres-how-it-affects-people-who-are-left-out-216586
#cash #exclusion #poverty #TheConversation #FORMAS #LundUniversity

2025-01-31 10:33:50 UTC

Which #Emacs terminal emulator does support the #kitty terminal graphics protocol?
I'm just amazed by watching the #Libervia #Jabber A/V calls demo by @npub1xkf…w0mx at the #XMPPsummit27 and *want* that in Emacs, too.
#XMPP

2025-01-23 09:27:46 UTC

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Für #xmpps empfehle ich immer *zwei* Ports:
443 mit hoher Priorität (hilft, wenn man im #WLAN eines britischen Zuges ist, aber auch in Hotels, Cafés, Flughäfen…)
5223 als fallback mit niedrigerer Priorität falls Non-HTTPS-over-443 geblockt wird, was ich aber selbst noch nie erlebt habe.
Auch HTTPS sollte daher über 443 laufen, nicht 5281, weil letzteres zu oft geblockt wird.
#nginx kann HTTPS und XMPPS uvam. unterscheiden und die TLS-Streams auf die korrekten Services leiten.

2025-01-22 16:03:01 UTC

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I installed it at my company for testing and we use it with our company JIDs. No problem. It's probably their demo system, that is limited to their accounts.

2025-01-22 14:41:02 UTC

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#Prose is an #XMPP client, but with the focus on team chats. Think of slack. Written in #Rust, for browser compiled to #WebAssembly. I tested it, and it looked great already. Still WiP, but as soon as they have A/V calls, I will propose it to all my colleagues!
https://prose.org/
https://github.com/prose-im/

2025-01-21 20:22:08 UTC

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As I said: "Can be problematic."
Greenpeace is probably right, not sure.
Maybe I would take the money and try to turn it against the donators, but would this work?

2025-01-21 18:49:10 UTC

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I still see a difference between being sponsored by $EVILCOMPANY and plattforming $EVILBILLIONAIRE.
The former can be problematic, but I accept it as more or less necessary. The latter is a horrible mistake.
#FOSDEM2025

2025-01-09 09:38:31 UTC

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Is your goal to have groups/channels with 1000+ concurrent users?
IIRC, #XMPP had improvements on that use case in recent years, but I'm not sure, how well it works. (What was it? Not sending presence to everyone in the MUC?)
#Jabber

2025-01-06 00:36:43 UTC

Damned, I forgot #ereyesterdays #anniversary.
But better late than never:
Happy 26ᵗʰ #birthday, #Jabber!
#XMPP, the universal protocol for #instantMessaging, #IoT, #socialNetwork, #onlineGaming, #pushNotification and more, has been released on 1999-01-04. It has billions of users today.
#federation #freeSoftware #digitalSovereignty #fediverse #chat

2024-12-27 00:08:13 UTC

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Beide sind federiert und frei, keine geschlossenen Systeme wie Signal oder WA. Nimm das, was Dir eher zusagt 🙂
Ich nutze #Jabber schon länger als es Matrix gibt, warum also wechseln? Und es ist auch bzgl. Server-Ressourcen und benötigter Bandbreite sparsamer, somit besser für die #Umwelt.
Matrix nutze ich auch — mittels #XMPP gateway #slidge.

2024-12-14 15:19:04 UTC

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Bei mir ist das Frontend-Nginx auf jeden Fall mit Weiterleitung.

2024-12-14 14:50:46 UTC

Probably a very stupid #Nextcloud beginners #question: How can I convince NC, that it is used exclusively with HTTPS? It seems, that it wrongly believes to be accessed with HTTP. Thanks for the right hint, dear #lazyverse!