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931.
The XMPP Newsletter September 2021(xmpp.org)
22 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
932.
by zaik 5y ago
Governments generally do not accept pseudonyms.
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by zaik 5y ago
It would be a lot better to get people on federating networks like XMPP (the Internet standard for IM) or Matrix (currently has a better iOS client) instead of moving them from one walled garden to another.
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by zaik 5y ago
Just recommend the client you are using?
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by zaik 5y ago
But Conversations has voip... I use it all the time.
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Gajim Development News September 2021(gajim.org)
2 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
937.
by zaik 5y ago
I have configured NewPipe to show my subscriptions (disables the 'trending' tab): https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe
938.
by zaik 5y ago
Daiso, a Japanese "100¥ shop", also has items for 200¥ and 300¥. People didn't stop buying there.
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by zaik 5y ago
> xmpp is on its last leg Why? Unlike Matrix it's actually an Internet Standard.
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by zaik 5y ago
As far as I know, WhatsApp builds upon XMPP, a protocol which also includes presence (the first P of XMPP). Good XMPP clients let you choose which contacts can receive presence stanzas. WhatsApp is not one of them (it also does not federate
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by zaik 5y ago
uBlock Origin for Firefox Mobile (Fennec on F-Droid) is a killer feature. I cannot remember the last time I have seen an ad on my phone.
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by zaik 5y ago
What do you mean by 'session'? Here's my experience. I have three devices I use to connect to my XMPP server: phone (Conversations), PC and laptop (both gajim). Each one generates a keypair. I verified the public keys of PC a
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Libervia progress note 2021-W38 (XMPP ActivityPub Gateway)(goffi.org)
2 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
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by zaik 5y ago
Here is the opinion of someone who actually made such an app: https://gultsch.de/objection.html
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by zaik 5y ago
> requires you to verify each single session instead of just a the people What do you mean by that? When no new devices are introduced you only have to verify the fingerprint of each contact once (via QR code). > Afaik it does not hav
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by zaik 5y ago
There are in fact transports for Telegram on the XMPP network. https://jabber.hot-chilli.net/server-specifications/#Transpo... https://www.jabbim.com/home.html
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by zaik 5y ago
Liferea.
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OpenStreetMap Bitcoin Fund(osmbtc.org)
3 points by zaik 5y ago|1 comments
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by zaik 5y ago
If anyone's wondering how to get Firefox mobile on F-Droid, it's called 'Fennec' and can be found here: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid
950.
by zaik 5y ago
How many of those have verified all the public keys? If you never do verification e2ee is basically meaningless.
951.
by zaik 5y ago
> Expecting users in hundred-person group chats to manually verify each other individual user's keys is nonsensical. Maybe this could be helped if Matrix clients supported OpenPGP encryption which allows for key signing/web of
952.
by zaik 5y ago
Archive link from Wikipedia: https://web.archive.org/web/20170112125427/https://scholarly... Wikidata query (incomplete, since many journals listed do not meet the notability criteria): https:/&#x2
953.
by zaik 5y ago
Note that the publisher of this journal was at one point included in Beall's List and is known to have published pseudo-science before: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI
954.
by zaik 5y ago
> for example, it recently turned out to be possible for eavesdroppers to decrypt messages without a key Sadly without reference. Does anyone know more about this?
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Renewing Let’s Encrypt certificates using a systemd timer (2017)(stevenwestmoreland.com)
3 points by zaik 5y ago|0 comments
956.
by zaik 5y ago
Load times of Medium posts on my Nexus 5X/Firefox Mobile were so bad, I stopped clicking on links to Medium eventually.
957.
by zaik 5y ago
Since the map is using OpenStreetMap data it would be nice if it were attributed correctly: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
958.
by zaik 5y ago
Not everything newer than COBOL is a fad. Python or Java will still be written many years from now. Maybe not 50 years from now but some languages will not go away anytime soon.
959.
by zaik 5y ago
No. XMPP is still alive and not owned by Cisco. > XMPP is the name for the streaming XML protocol that emerged from the Jabber open source community in 1999. When that community submitted the protocol to the Internet Engineering Task For
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The XMPP Newsletter August 2021(xmpp.org)
16 points by zaik 5y ago|5 comments

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