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Geez, if only there were a protocol with as good encryption but federated so that everybody could host their own server which would make it way harder to block…
by lep 10y ago
Geez, if only there were a protocol with as good encryption but federated so that everybody could host their own server which would make it way harder to block…
https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0384.html https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0384.html
- trome 10y agoEh, you'd have to operate a server in the country, and TLS in and out of Egypt is MITMed and outright blocked in many areas from what I've seen when playing with VOIP over there.
- vog 10y agoAt least they would have proper encryption within their country. Apparently, depending on central services outside their country makes it too easy to block.
- trome 10y agoThen you have to deal with regulations inside the country itself, I doubt its a free for all inside Egypt network wise.
- mi100hael 10y agoE2E encryption via OTR would largely mitigate that as long as keys could be exchanged out of band.
- supergreg 10y agoOr just setup Tor and keep using whatever they were using before.
- JshWright 10y agoXMPP is really hard to scale. It's a very chatty protocol, with tons of XML overhead.
- davecridland 10y agoSure it is. https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0365.html https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0365.html
- SamWhited 10y ago[citation needed]
- padraic7a 10y agoIf countries will block messaging services why do you think they won't raid / shut down servers? I really don't understand the hating on Signal for not fulfilling all of everyone's use cases. There is an SMS/ MMS fork called Silence (available on F-Droid). If that's a feature users want they have an option.