Cryptography is a tool for turning a whole swathe of problems into key management problems. Key management problems are way harder than (virtually all) cryptographers think.
Sichere Messenger für alle: Matrix-Gründer im Interview
Was die Matrix Foundation für einen frei verfügbaren und verschlüsselten Messenger-Standard tut, erklärt Mitgründer Matthew Hodgson gegenüber heise online.
I miss the days of having multi-service messaging clients like Trillian that would connect to your AIM, MSN Messenger, etc. and have all your contacts from all those networks in one place. #Pidgin is still a thing, but it doesn't, as far as I can tell, support #OMEMO or #OpenPGP for their #XMPP implementation. I'd love to see something like Pidgin supporting Signal, add OMEMO/OpenPGP to their XMPP support, maybe support connecting to Facebook Messenger, etc. all in one application.
@gerowen you can use gateways for that, notably #Slidge from @nicoco which is working on tight integration with features such as reactions, retraction, etc. You can then choose any #XMPP client that suits you, including #OMEMO when needed (won't work with gateway though).
Delta Chat is not as popular as other messengers but with decentralized messaging it's not doing so bad, is it? Or which decentral messengers do you know that
have an as strong Usability driven development model,
Per the announcement from kolektiva that the FBI obtained unencrypted access to all of their database files via a raid:
NO INSTANCE IS SECURE. DO NOT POST ANYTHING INCRIMINATING ON ANY INSTANCE. DO NOT PLAN ILLICIT ACTIVITIES HERE. DO NOT EXPECT THAT WHAT YOU ENGAGE WITH HERE REMAINS INVISIBLE TO PRYING EYES, IT IS NOT. ALL WALLS CAN BE BREACHED.
My standpoint is that, not only should all social software support ActivityPub, it should be required by law.
Further to that, all social software should have an account migration path towards and away from it.
No, I’m not saying all servers should federate with each other. What I am saying is that it should be impossible for any one server software to monopolize the network effect.
Weird #question time: what is a webchat (either #IRC or #XMPP) client that works with #OTR or #OMEMO encryption?
I'm looking for something that I can access from my work computer (where pretty much all I use is the browser), and ideally would have a way to use my own key for the encryption (instead of autogenerating one every time I log in).
@kzimmermann Typically #xmpp web-clients store the keys in the browser. I am not aware of one allows you to easily supply an externally stored key, but you can of course manually add it via the browser developer tools. #movimhttps://movim.eu is probably the easiest to use web-client that also supports #omemo
"Yes, we fund #Matrix dev by selling encrypted messaging to governments, which includes police: if you don’t like that then please feel free to use a different app."
So the end-to-end encryption in matrix (or just the element client?) has no back doors, just, uh, a way to send encrypted mesages to, uh ... third parties ... as a funding model?
I will very happily stick with #XMPP and #OMEMO thanks!
I haven't tested Bluesky but I can say that if Mastodon wants to stay competitive (and I hope it does), it needs to address SEARCH & SURFACING fast.
The first open-protocol network that enables news and fast breaking events to surface easily and with functional search will win the market. You'll see journos, sports, etc. migrate to the platform that gives them that visibility.
There is a window of opportunity here but it doesn't stay open long.
Interessant wäre evtl auch ein Federated Chat Service...
Hab ein bisschen nachgedacht und möglicherweise ist das sogar mit #activitypub zu machen.
So ein bisschen "back to the roots" mäßig, zurück in Richtung TS3. Wobei natürlich die Frage wäre wie viele Leute bereit wären ihren eigenen Server zu hosten wenn Dinge wie #Discord existieren