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by zaik 5y ago
Google used to provide an XMPP (IETF Internet Standard for IM) service to all its users once.
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Development News November 2021(gajim.org)
1 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
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by zaik 5y ago
Wikidata is the way to go. If you manage to get a machine readable form of Wikipedia knowledge which is not yet present in Wikidata, please consider contributing to Wikidata.
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by zaik 5y ago
This has been the case for at least 20 years, so why hasn't it collapsed yet?
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OpenStreetMap History Analyizer(ohsome.org)
3 points by zaik 5y ago|1 comments
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Snikket November 2021 server release(snikket.org)
6 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
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by zaik 5y ago
Could you elaborate?
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by zaik 5y ago
or the Internet Standard XMPP
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by zaik 5y ago
What's your definition of success? Google and Facebook federating?
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by zaik 5y ago
I'm not sure I understand. If in fact the same underlying encryption protocol is used, why can I not retrieve the public key of a Matrix user, encrypt the message and send it? Nothing here requires the server to break E2EE.
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by zaik 5y ago
> whereas XMPP just passes messages from point to point So does Matrix. All the other qualities are build on top of that. XMPP also enables e2ee, message synchronisation and an "global open network of federated servers and services&
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by zaik 5y ago
> Unfortunately XMPP<->Matrix end-to-end encryption is a contradiction in terms. You have to speak the same protocol from end-to-end, otherwise you'd have to break the end-to-end encryption to translate from one protocol to th
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by zaik 5y ago
What makes you think it is currently declining?
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by zaik 5y ago
Matrix is a lot better than every proprietary service, but it's poor XMPP compliance currently makes it impossible to have essential features like encrypted communications or adding Matrix users to multi-user chats.
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by zaik 5y ago
> in theory you could do e2ee accross multiple servers and devices I use XMPP to send e2ee messages to friends on other servers and clients every day, so it's very much not just 'in theory'.
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by zaik 5y ago
You can send arbitrary XML to some other node on the network. Just built upon the extensions you need and ignore the rest.
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Is Microsoft Stealing People’s Bookmarks?(schneier.com)
16 points by zaik 5y ago|2 comments
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by zaik 5y ago
When telling my friends about XMPP I always recommend them a client (one of Conversations, Siskin IM, Gajim or Dino) and a public server to register. At least for servers there is a compliance suite: https://compliance.conversati
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by zaik 5y ago
I started using RSS this year and everything I wanted to follow turned out to have RSS feed, although sometimes an inoffical one ( https://hnrss.github.io/ for HN, Nitter for Twitter, ...).
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Android app and XMPP-based chat for PeerTube live streams(joinpeertube.org)
6 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
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by zaik 5y ago
> We used to have open standard, decentralized communication protocols They still exist. You just have to use them. I deleted WhatsApp and Telegram in January this year and told my contacts that I am only reachable via XMPP, email and SM
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by zaik 5y ago
They do seem to strip the name of the keys which I am thankful for.
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by zaik 5y ago
Going for a walk in your neighborhood and adding all the POIs to OpenStreetMap is fun btw.
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by zaik 5y ago
XMPP failed only in the sense that Facebook and Google decided to stop participating in the federation. Other than that it's still alive and a good way to communicate.
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How to Subscribe to This Blog Using Movim(blog.jmp.chat)
2 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
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by zaik 5y ago
https://archive.md/ymkAj
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by zaik 5y ago
If you look hard enough there is always a 'special' mathematical property to everything
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by zaik 5y ago
App store: F-Droid, Aurora Store Browser: Fennec YouTube: NewPipe Maps: Organic Maps, OsmAnd Mail: K9 Chats: Conversations Calculator: Calculator++ Public transit: Transportr
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by zaik 5y ago
Do baby names swipe right on the parents?
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by zaik 5y ago
It is about the article if its conclusion is 'we recommend to use X instead of Y'.

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