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Any good Telegram alternative?
  • @possiblylinux127

    The #Jabber feature sets are defined in the compliance suite, e.g. here:

    "XEP-0479: #XMPP Compliance Suites 2023"

    https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0479.html#im

    Many Jabber clients do end-to-end encryption by default. I would not care too much in the age of #surveillance directly at the source, i.e. on the device 🤷

    If you want an even more coherent feature set and also be sure, all your clients encrypt by default, your best bet is #Snikket by @snikket_im. Highly recommended!

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    Any good Telegram alternative?
  • @TheDorkfromYork

    YMMV, but my minimum requirements were:

    1. Federated just like lemmy or mastodon or email, so I can choose a server or even selfhost.

    2. First class clients for Linux available, not only Android/iOS, no Electron bloatware.

    3. No phone number involved.

    That rules out Signal, Whatsapp and some more. Matrix fits. However I prefer #Jabber a.k.a. #XMPP. Matter of taste, I guess 🤷

    PS: "Note to yourself", incl. file upload, is supported by all servers and most clients, AFAIK.

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    Privacy-friendly whatsapp
  • @atek @nicoco @daniel @sopranica

    Why do I assume, that this is good for #privacy?

    1. You don't run the proprietary WA app on your phone.

    2. Contacts are not (accidently or otherwise) uploaded to Meta.

    3. Your location and online presence times remain private.

    PCMIIW.

    #slidge #Jabber #XMPP

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    Privacy-friendly whatsapp
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    Decided to start paying predominantly cash again
  • @shortwavesurfer @smeeps

    The problem is, that none of the grocery stores or street markets or supermarkets in my area accept Monero 🤷

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    Session vs simplex or other alternatives?
  • @schizoidman

    #Jabber, maybe even self-hosted. #Snikket is supposed to be the easiest way for the latter.

    It does not require a phone number, and optionally (depends on app and settings) uses FCM.

    Funny: Both Jabber and FCM are using the same communication protocol, #XMPP.

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