@andybalaam I disagree, because "truly end-to-end encrypted, decentralized & federated messaging" has been done at leadt trice befire #Matrix came along:

• #XMPP+#OTR ( @gajim & @monocles / #monoclesChat)
• #XMPP+#OMEMO ( #Gajim & monocles chat)
• #PGP/MIME ( @delta / #deltaChat & @thunderbird / #Thunderbird)…

Like I've been in #PGP-encrypted #MailingLists before Matrix and @signalapp were even proposed!

@signalapp THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE REASON FOR #Signal TO DEMAND A #PhoneNumber (= #PII by circumstances if not mandatory doxxing to the governments aka. "#KYC")…

• so yes I do blame Signal because this attack vector is unique to #Signal's shittyness and would not exist with @monocles / #monoclesChat or even cock.li of all places…

@signalapp those attacks.would've not.been successful if you weren't a #proprietary, #centralized, #SingleVendor / #SingleProvider "solution" that doesn't do #SelfCustoy of all the.keys nor allows for #SelfHosting nor demands #PII like #PhoneNumbers that can be leveraged for that.

• You know what I need to use @monocles / #monoclesChat or @gajim / #XMPP+#OMEMO?
  • Internet connection and an account on any server.

Can't #phish if one doesn't have credentials for #phishing attacks ffs!

• Can't get #phished if noone demands, stores, process or even demands such details in the first place!

Also which #Government is that incompetent to not be able to setup their own comms?

@movim indeed an important conversation we need to have in fedispace

(And I'm excited to see social features from Movim spreading to other clients like #MonoclesChat and beyond too!)

@snugglybun all #disvord clones suck, because the concept of #discord sucks.

• Want public group chat? #IRC!
• Want public Voicechat? #Mumble!
• Want public Videocht? #JitsiMeet!
• Need Videocalling & File Transfer? #WebCall!
• Need something that also works great asynchronous? #Zulip (and #RocketChat)!
• Need secure comms? #XMPP+#OMEMO or #PGP/MIME (i.e. #gajim, #monoclesChat or #Thunderbird & #deltaChat)
• …

And the best part:

• All these things require less resources and can be #SelfHosted!

@iuvi this seems like a good way to do it at first glance.

• Granted I've not used #sshuttle myself, but I found a decently written #howto for #SSHtunneling.
• Also @nixCraft made a good post explaining #SSHtunnels and also some even more condensed writeup to get you started.
  • Obviously you need a #Server on the "outside" of the #IronFirewall of #Roskomnadzor's realm, but any #VPS with decent bandwith should work.

I'd still recommend to use @torproject / #TorBrowser through that #SSHtunnel for added #privacy.

• OFC for applications that need #UDP and/or don't like #Tor you'd still be able to use them regardless, but for #Messaging like #XMPP+#OMEMO (@monocles / #monoclesChat, @gajim), #IRC & #PGP/MIME (i.e. @delta & @thunderbird) tor just works.
  • I wished @tails_live / @tails / #Tails would've support for #SSHtunnels built-in for extra-hard cases when even private #Bridges ain't an option.

Still #Russia fighting against #VPN useage whilst also being reliant on #CyberCrime & #CyberWarfare from russian soil makes it basically impossible to ban #SSH.

• After all, this would also prevent their agents from communicating since #Gonets¹ and Gazprom Space Systems either don't have global coverage or are too slow to be used for any decent communication resembling realtime beyond narrowband communication.

@CCC ich hoffe die gehen auf #XMPP+#OMEMO ( z.B. @monocles / #monoclesChat) & #PGP/MIME (z.B. @delta / #deltaChat) ein und wechseln nicht von einem #proprietär|em Silo unter #CloudAct in ein anderes!

• Nein, @signalapp / #Signal ist keine Alternative!!!