Hab übrigens doch noch einen öffentlich verfügbaren Server gefunden, wo man den Onion #TOR Endpunkt für #XMPP Chat nutzen kann: https://xmpp.is/

Die Kontakte müssen aber glaub ich auch auf Onion Endpunkten registriert sein. Zur Not dann einfach zwei Acounts nutzen, einen im normalen Internet und einen für anonym im Tor.

Mit dem bei #Tails Linux mitgelieferten #Pidgin funktioniert aber #OMEMO Verschlüsselung scheinbar nicht, also #Gajim extra installieren.

Bisschen Tricky, aber könnte es nun präsentieren. Briar wäre aber einfacher.

#LXMF Protokoll ist auch sicher und verschlüsselt, aber weiß nicht wie Anonym. Ansonsten scheint mir das für Personas der Tails-Zielgruppe besser geeignet.

Leider kann sich aber MeshChatX noch nicht über TOR-Verbinden und I2P ist nicht in Tails.

IMO ist für Tails-Nutzer und Whistleblower aktuell keine einfache Möglichkeit zur Chat Kommunikation verfügbar, zumindest nicht auf aktuellen Stand der Zeit.

#DIday #DIdayNeuss

Since the above post, I've finished my initial setting up of the Banana Pi and sorted out a dedicated power supply for the setup.

On the single-board computer I've installed `lxmf_echo`, one of several echo bots available for LXMF/Reticulum. This lets me do some crude but useful connection and distance tests by myself, without having to rely on another party. I can simply take my second RNode with me outside, send messages from my phone to the echo bot, and see if I get a reply back or not.

I also installed `rnsh` on the SBC, for remote management without having to rely on an Ethernet connection. This makes the setup a lot easier to move about! Granted, at the bitrate I got my RNodes configured, it's quite slow in use, but it does actually work and suffices to do things like correct the date and time (no RTC battery 🙁) or properly shutting down the system before taking away power from it.

For the power supply I scavenged my box of collected old power supplies, and found a combined 12V+5V supply offering 2A on each line. I won't be needing the 12V, but it was what I had on hand that met the requirements and provided a clean signal. I measured the output under load (~0.5A) to check the voltage and also had a look at the shape of it with the oscilloscope: all in order, certainly more than good enough.

After this, I boxed it all up, and now I have an easily-deployable setup with which I can do some initial distance experiments with. Apart from the two ESP32+LoRa boards, everything else is just (old) stuff I already had laying around, which I'm happy to put to good use. That's a pretty low barrier to start playing with Reticulum, if you ask me!

#Reticulum #LoRa #mesh #LXMF #BananaPi #reuse