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Suggest me a secure chat platform for my family
I am searching for a selfhosted and secure (end to end encryption) chat platform for my family (5-20 users), possibly one i can host on a raspi....
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‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services ( www.theguardian.com )
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema ( threema.ch )
any xmpp user ?
Started using xmpp recently because messaging apps sucks . I want to see if anyone use this thing .
Snikket is a simple, secure and private messaging app (based on XMPP) ( snikket.org )
For self-hosting though, the project I work on - Snikket - uses XMPP but has all the nice modern things you'd expect ready to go right out of the box, more like a Matrix (Synapse/Element) setup. Probably the biggest thing missing for Snikket right now is an official web app (we currently have Android and iOS apps)....
What to be aware of before opening port 25 on a postfix Raspberry Pi?
I have a raspberry pi running postfix. I Realised unless I open port 25 I absolutely cannot receive emails (I have 587 open and can send but not receive them). However I heard there are scaries online which someone could potentially send emails from your server without consent. I believe as well my ISP doesn't block port 25. Is...
Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?
I'm looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?...
Why don't people here love SimpleXChat more? ( simplex.chat )
SimpleX Chat is an instant messenger that is decentralized and doesn't depend on any unique identifiers such as phone numbers or usernames. Users of SimpleX Chat can scan a QR code or click an invite link to participate in group conversations....
XMPP as a Discord alternative for small group?
Hi. I have a group of 6 people using Discord to chat. Recently Discord changed a lot and we're looking for an alternative. We have a few requirements:...
Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade ( www.neowin.net )
I don't think people on this sub use it, but it's great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.
Reddit started blocking VPN users on old.reddit.com ( lemm.ee )
At this point, I'm not even going to bother trying to go on there anymore.
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent ( arstechnica.com )
The Greatest Enemy of Privacy ( blog.thenewoil.org )
There are many enemies of privacy. There are politicians claiming the (at best) misguided pretense of “protecting the children,” intellig...
Finally got rid of telegram, congratulations to me ( sh.itjust.works )
It was a many months transition, and it's finally done...
Investigators seek push notification metadata in 130 cases ( go.theregister.com )
"App developers can encrypt these messages when they're stored (in transit they're protected by TLS) but the associated metadata – the app receiving the notification, the time stamp, and network details – is not encrypted."
Bad-At-Privacy Car Companies Now Have to Answer to the FTC ( foundation.mozilla.org )
This is good news, hopefully the FTC actually does something.
Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy. ( signal.org )
Has anyone used briar ?
Is it safe ? Does it do everything it says it do ? If so how is it popular yet ? Like does it have any catches or something ?https://f-droid.org/packages/org.briarproject.briar.android/
How to sign up services without phone number?
Hello all, recently wanted to signup for temporary permanent legit emailmid in gmail. It was asking me Phone number in process, i tried to use multiple numbers from regular online resources ( more than 30) but nothing worked. I don't want to give my personal phone number in real life to someone's unless Its I want to....
What Matrix/Discord/Teams alternatives are there that FULLY support E2EE across Desktop and Mobile?
Crosspost: https://feddit.de/post/8502102...
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Content is King? - How it sucked out the joy of personal websites ( jeena.net )