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@bigblen O.K., I'll find a way to weave a calendar into my UI design.
And I was thinking that you'd load files onto it either via an SD card, or by treating the phone as a USB memory stick.
I guess the hardware would need to be capable of internet under modern obligations, even if I never expose it in the UI...
@alcinnz personally I'd want #XMPP messaging (it's the whole reason I'm making #Convo). But that might be opening a new can of worms, depending on what you have in mind?
What I'm missing from my #KaiOS is that and the ability to book cabs and make online payments (a lowkey must in some Indian cities *cough* Bangalore *cough*)
All these are peripherally "interacting with people on the go" which is what I'd want from my phone
@lutindiscret @hyc @liaizon Again, email is right there and how many people can you reach via email? The premise was that federation *inherently* doesn't work, and that's quite obviously wrong.
XMPP isn't more widely used due to a lack of investment, because every new messenger funded by VC money (which Signal also was) wants to be the only game in town, or at least compete directly with the largest ones. Hardly anyone dares to invest in real freedom of choice.
@raucao @lutindiscret @hyc @liaizon@wake.st
#xmpp is super, but also check out #deltachat, which easy-to-use #e2ee like #signalmessenger, but #decentralized because it runs over #email (and #chatmail) servers.
@kenobit ci sono delle chat pubbliche su http://cazzinostri.kenobit.it/ ?
È che provando ad aggiungere il server su "element" non lo riesco a caricare per vedere cosa c'è
Hack or Di(y|e) 2025
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🏴☠️ 7 e 8 Novembre 🏴☠️ 
@vag61, #Bologna
Call for Talk https://hacklabbo.indivia.net/hackordiye25/cfp/
🗓️ Programma https://hacklabbo.indivia.net/hackordiye25/programma (in aggiornamento)
#HoD #HoD25 #Hackordyie #vag61 #ciappino #hacking #acari #talk #retrogaming #demoni #xmpp #H0D2025 #hackercattivi
Hack or Di(y|e) 2025
https://hacklabbo.indivia.net/hackordiye25/
🏴☠️ 7 e 8 Novembre 🏴☠️ @vag61, #Bologna
Call for Talk https://hacklabbo.indivia.net/hackordiye25/cfp/
🗓️ Programma https://hacklabbo.indivia.net/hackordiye25/programma (in aggiornamento)
#HoD #HoD25 #Hackordyie #vag61 #ciappino #hacking #acari #talk #retrogaming #demoni #xmpp #H0D2025 #hackercattivi
Hello people of the Fediverse. I have a minor problem I'd like to pick your brains for any solution, regarding #xmpp / #jabber calls over AT&T wireless mobile, in the US.
Simply, xmpp calls over #att data fail, audio or video doesn't matter, texts get through just fine. Calls over WiFi are fine. I have tried the aTalk and the c0nnect pro apps, same result. Using chatterboxtown.us as a server, in case that matters. All devices are Android.
Looking for clues, knowledge or experience. TIA
Been working on getting Slidgnal, a #XMPP to #Signal gateway built on #Slidge back up and running with a mix of Go and Python; after a recent spree of work, we have fairly good support for 1-on-1 chats with reactions, attachments, etc. all working. Couldn't have been done without the great work by @nicoco and tulir (tulir.fi on bsky).
If you're running your own #XMPP server and are looking to bridge your #Signal contacts over, give it a go, repo is here https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidgnal and Docker/Podman or PyPi-based installs are well-supported! Group support is up next!
(09-16-25) Day 13 of 90 - Please boost/reboost every time you see this
Get your heads out of your asses people. People are being murdered because of this: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/
Since Trump declared war on #homeless #CITIZENS, I've drawn the battle line in St John's #PDX #Portland calling all #veterans, I'm 58 and "camped" next to the clock. What is stoping all my fellow vets???
https://beamship.mpaq.org/@bob/115199314884413378
#StopTheSweeps #HouseKeysNotHandcuffs No more #Illegal2BHomless in #AmeriKKKa
This article says it all. Sweeps are increasing.
#JeremiahHayden even though only 1/3 of us have a place to go.
https://www.streetroots.org/news/2025/08/20/portland-top-local-federal-leaders-escalate-homeless-sweeps-public-spaces
You can always talk encrypted with me #XMPP bob@mpaq.org
Oh and in case you don't know what #Illegal2BHomless looks like, here is #terrorist #Trump's EO https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/
Been working on getting Slidgnal, a #XMPP to #Signal gateway built on #Slidge back up and running with a mix of Go and Python; after a recent spree of work, we have fairly good support for 1-on-1 chats with reactions, attachments, etc. all working. Couldn't have been done without the great work by @nicoco and tulir (tulir.fi on bsky).
If you're running your own #XMPP server and are looking to bridge your #Signal contacts over, give it a go, repo is here https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidgnal and Docker/Podman or PyPi-based installs are well-supported! Group support is up next!
There's a reason I've been recommending folks reliant on #Signal to familiarise themselves with #jabber (or #xmpp if you like).
Signal relies on one of the companies they aim to protect us from: amazon. If amazon goes down, so to does Signal.
Is that bad? Yes. Yes it is. It is very bad. You just had the faintest hint of a whiff of what that means today.
Jabber, on the other hand, is a #SelfHostable decentralised service that has been in continuous use and development since the 90s.
With my jabber server ( #Prosody) and my #android client ( #Conversations), my friends and family and I do everything we can do on Signal - text, quote reply, search, send media and files, voice and video chat... and it's all #e2ee end-to-end-encrypted, running on hardware and software we have total control over.
Go explore the world of options with Jabber!
"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps | TechRadar
> Signal's privacy and security are great, but being a centralized app makes it vulnerable
"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps | TechRadar
> Signal's privacy and security are great, but being a centralized app makes it vulnerable
There's a reason I've been recommending folks reliant on #Signal to familiarise themselves with #jabber (or #xmpp if you like).
Signal relies on one of the companies they aim to protect us from: amazon. If amazon goes down, so to does Signal.
Is that bad? Yes. Yes it is. It is very bad. You just had the faintest hint of a whiff of what that means today.
Jabber, on the other hand, is a #SelfHostable decentralised service that has been in continuous use and development since the 90s.
With my jabber server ( #Prosody) and my #android client ( #Conversations), my friends and family and I do everything we can do on Signal - text, quote reply, search, send media and files, voice and video chat... and it's all #e2ee end-to-end-encrypted, running on hardware and software we have total control over.
Go explore the world of options with Jabber!
@TheDailyBurble, happy to help.
Another cool feature of #XMPP are "gateways" that make it relatively easy to connect with other IMs and protocols. So you can have all these contacts in the same app(s).
e.g.
#Libervia to #ActivityPub and #email (CC @Goffi )
https://nlnet.nl/project/Libervia
https://libervia.org
#Slidge to all sorts of other IM like #Matrix, #Mattermost, #Steam, #Discord, #Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger etc. (CC @nicoco )
@hook @pedrosanta @bagder @matrix
Ooh! More helpful info - sometimes when I ask people stuff they just go all blank as if I should already know, thank you so much!
@TheDailyBurble, happy to help.
Another cool feature of #XMPP are "gateways" that make it relatively easy to connect with other IMs and protocols. So you can have all these contacts in the same app(s).
e.g.
#Libervia to #ActivityPub and #email (CC @Goffi )
https://nlnet.nl/project/Libervia
https://libervia.org
#Slidge to all sorts of other IM like #Matrix, #Mattermost, #Steam, #Discord, #Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger etc. (CC @nicoco )
🚨 Another massive AWS outage just took down Roblox, Fortnite, Coinbase, Snapchat, and all Supercell games.
Half the internet has gone dark because of one Big Tech company. This is not innovation, it is monopoly risk.
💡It’s time to choose alternatives.
@Tutanota and here I was happily emailing people on #Thunderbird and making designs on #Penpot and #Inkscape to share via #XMPP, at which point I remembered to catch up on discussions on #Loomio, and got roped into drafting a manifesto on #Cryptpad, all while blissfully unaware of the chaos going on until I opened #Newsflash and read about it all on the #RSS feeds that I synchronise via #NextCloud, at which point I decided to head over to talk about it with the world thanks to #ActivityPub!
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