AnthropyFeb 9

I guess this is as good a time as any to remind people that

if you only know how to contact friends through a single platform, you're liable to lose touch with them sooner or later.

Give them alternatives. ANY alternatives.

Any single place can just blow up overnight. And if something is starting to smell like a brewing dumpsterfire, that SHOULD be a clear sign.

#Discord

Show threadTinmanFeb 9

@anthropy This.

I have lost contact with people because apps were deleted or someone was removed from a group. Always get another way to contact. Email, phone, XMPP, Matrix, smoke signals, whatever

Show threadJasper ThunderpawFeb 9
@culper @anthropy XMPP is still around?
Show threadTinmanFeb 9
@fluffywolfjasper Yes it is. It is very versatile. I think other apps, like, session, simpleX, signal, have taken over in popularity. XMPP still works well and can be decentralized as you want it to be. It can do texting, files, pics, and even voice. Encryption is pretty good as well. Matrix seems to be the new platform that everyone loves, but requires a lot more resources.
Show threadJasper ThunderpawFeb 9
@culper ah, I see. So it’s more that it’s quite easy to set up.
Show threadTinmanFeb 10
@fluffywolfjasper I think a XMPP server is pretty simple to setup. Some servers can be uo and running in minutes. The client side can be somewhat complicated if the end user is not so tech savvy
Show threadJasper ThunderpawFeb 10
@culper how encrypted and private is it compared to something like matrix or signal? How big is it nowadays?
Show threadTinmanFeb 10
@fluffywolfjasper I am not a security analyst, but it seems secure and private. Make sure to use the OMEMO encryption plugin. A lot of people still use it. It is just one platform out of the many.
Show threadJasper ThunderpawFeb 10
@culper what’s OMEMO do? And which platform is the most popular right now?
Show threadTinman

@fluffywolfjasper OMEMO is a plugin/extention that runs in a XMPP client. I allows encrypted texting. https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0384.html

I have no idea which platform is them most popular.

If you want to know more about XMPP go to xmpp.org

XEP-0384: OMEMO Encryption

Feb 10 at 12:36amWeb
Show threadJasper ThunderpawFeb 10
@culper alright, thanks