Relax 😎! GPG is not OpenPGP!

Yesterday, vulnerabilities were published https://gpg.fail but they don't affect #deltachat or any other #chatmail client because

A) We never used #gnupg for anything; we use the modern #rustlang #openpgp implementation @rpgp, security audited multiple times.

B) #openpgp is fine, as modernized in #RFC9580, which already warns against several #gpgfail issues (gpg has not implemented that spec)

Please spread the word that #gpg is not #openpgp ... Thanks!

Relax 😎! GPG is not OpenPGP!

Yesterday, vulnerabilities were published https://gpg.fail but they don't affect #deltachat or any other #chatmail client because

A) We never used #gnupg for anything; we use the modern #rustlang #openpgp implementation @rpgp, security audited multiple times.

B) #openpgp is fine, as modernized in #RFC9580, which already warns against several #gpgfail issues (gpg has not implemented that spec)

Please spread the word that #gpg is not #openpgp ... Thanks!

Quite a few of #deltachat #chatmail and #webxdc folks are already and will be around #39c3 -- on-site you can join a group chat (or send us a DM upfront) where we announce dynamically scheduled sessions. You'll find us mostly around Komona but also other places ... for more info:

https://delta.chat/39c3.html

PSA: Influenza is spreading heavily currently, and 30% of people are infectious without symptoms. Please maintain hygiene and at best test yourself before entering premises. Thanks!

Quite a few of #deltachat #chatmail and #webxdc folks are already and will be around #39c3 -- on-site you can join a group chat (or send us a DM upfront) where we announce dynamically scheduled sessions. You'll find us mostly around Komona but also other places ... for more info:

https://delta.chat/39c3.html

PSA: Influenza is spreading heavily currently, and 30% of people are infectious without symptoms. Please maintain hygiene and at best test yourself before entering premises. Thanks!

@PossiblyMax @lexinova @cheeaun thanks for the suggestions but please note that a number of experienced UX folks, along with users, are generally quite positive about the usability of #deltachat compared to any other decentralized messenger app. See also our pinned challenge about onboarding UX. Of course there are many things to improve. we have a list of 30+ items ourselves on a short list. Judging our efforts as uninformed on that front might be... uninformed :)

@delta what is frustrating with #deltachat, is you see that the tech work, but the UX do not follow.

If some #ux #desiner have free time, and want to help #foss please five them tips on what to change to make the app better.

Petit teaser… j'ai migré tous mes usages vers #SailfishOS durant le w-e.

J'ai pris plein de notes pour en faire un billet complet sur #LinuxFR.

Mon objectif suivant est de me passer de la couche de compatibilité #Android (qui marche très bien), mais le téléphone est déjà 100% opérationnel en l'état.

J'utilise le client natif #Sailtrix pour #Matrix, et il me reste à mettre en service les clients natifs #Whisperfish (pour #Signal) et #ArcaneChat (pour #DeltaChat).

J'ai du GPS hors-ligne qui fonctionne #OSMScout, un bon logiciel de #Wikipedia hors-ligne (et 5Go de livres en bonus), mes contacts, agendas et notes synchronisées #NextCloud, #Kagi, #OTP, #OBD…

Petit teaser… j'ai migré tous mes usages vers #SailfishOS durant le w-e.

J'ai pris plein de notes pour en faire un billet complet sur #LinuxFR.

Mon objectif suivant est de me passer de la couche de compatibilité #Android (qui marche très bien), mais le téléphone est déjà 100% opérationnel en l'état.

J'utilise le client natif #Sailtrix pour #Matrix, et il me reste à mettre en service les clients natifs #Whisperfish (pour #Signal) et #ArcaneChat (pour #DeltaChat).

J'ai du GPS hors-ligne qui fonctionne #OSMScout, un bon logiciel de #Wikipedia hors-ligne (et 5Go de livres en bonus), mes contacts, agendas et notes synchronisées #NextCloud, #Kagi, #OTP, #OBD…

Some people in #Iran successfully use delta with national email providers when outside Internet is cut.

#deltachat designs are #OfflineFirst using delay tolerant protocols. Messages are queued when a path is blocked. email servers are made for this and run at planetary scale.
Messages crossing the border may arrive three days later but they arrive.

Peoples can stay in private touch across time and space, to the extent possible in current breakdown times. Which is what delta is about.

@daniel The big plus of #DeltaChat is that the infrastructure is already there. Infrastructure is a big part of the problem. And obviously using mail for that is only for people born before 2000.

Second is branding: When people hear #XMPP they hear 20 years of failure of implementing robust solutions both server-side and client-side. People just don't know that after 20 years there now are server and client solutions really working.

#Telegram has a nice and fast UI, granted.

But the 1 billion people using TG are at risk because of its big central database that any state security service craves for. Moreover, several anonymization proxy-bot offerings were hacked in 2024, identifying millions of users and content.

#deltachat builds anonymization directly into the app and has pervasive end-to-end encryption. #chatmail relay operators can sleep well, knowing they have nothing. Ergo, E2EE is good for any operators sleep! :)