Vanitasvitae @vanitasvitae@fosstodon.org

Ein aktuelles Statement zu #DDOS-Angriffen gegen unsere Infrastruktur findet Ihr auf
https://www.senfcall.de/news

https://reclaimyourface.eu/

#reclaimyourface - EU petition to ban biometric / face recognition mass surveillance.

The movement is led by well known international rights groups.

The new (and also old) kid on the block in #XMPP - Great talk by @holger about OpenPGP for XMPP (OX) and a very insightful discussion afterwards in today's virtual Berlin XMPP-meetup. Learn more about a promising future for instant messaging encryption by checking out the notes https://hackmd.io/Ig2azxzUTQuFxN73Ds8Qig?view - The Year of the OX is just about to begin!

Kaidan 0.7 also works nicely on the #pinephone with @plasmamobile!

So additionally to telephony and SMS, you can also connect with your friends via #XMPP on a 100% open-source device!

#SiskinIM 6.2 was released recently and it features #OMEMO in #MUC 🔐💪

https://github.com/tigase/siskin-im/releases/tag/6.2

Instant Messaging: It's not about the app - #XMPP provides sovereignty of your communication

Read a comment in this blog post:
https://xmpp.org/2021/01/instant-messaging-its-not-about-the-app/

#openstandards #opensource #decentralisation #interoperability

Snikket is a new XMPP/Jabber-based decentralised FOSS messenger service. You can follow at:

➡️ @snikket_im

The official website is https://snikket.org

It aims to make XMPP into a more viable alternative to Whatsapp etc by providing consistency in design and terminology.

(It's sort of how Mastodon made ActivityPub more mainstream, by using consistency to make it clear the instances are part of one network.)

#Snikket #XMPP #Jabber #Messaging #Messenger #WhatsApp #IM #FOSS #SelfHosting

Better than WhatsApp: Try these Free Software Apps and Services — Free Software Foundation India

https://fsf.org.in/article/better-than-whatsapp/

#WhatsApp #Telegram #Signal #matrix #xmpp #p2p #element #quicksy #FreeSoftware

Thanks to Riya for making the info graphics.

The latest addition to #LINMOBapps (https://linmobapps.frama.io is the feature/handy branch of @dino , the fabulous #XMPP client:

(Also: Please remember to vote! https://croodle.wntd.de/#/poll/I3LTpHgmNZ/participation?encryptionKey=athXXWysZWFHxAut5rqpKoBFNudLNoupf45t6AXB)

RT @iNPUTmice@twitter.com

http://Quicksy.im user count has grown by more than 30% over the last two weeks.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/iNPUTmice/status/1351613901104963592

Development Update: In December, the profile window received a complete rework, adding state of the art vCard capabilities and a brand new profile picture selector to Gajim. Furthermore, Chat Markers have been improved and some bugs have been fixed.

https://gajim.org/post/2020-12-28-development-news-december/

This puts so much around us in perspective.