🚨 A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats
｢ The bug affects WhatsApp on Android and involves zero‑click media downloads in group chats. You can be attacked simply by being added to a group and having a malicious file sent to you ｣
🚨 A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats
｢ The bug affects WhatsApp on Android and involves zero‑click media downloads in group chats. You can be attacked simply by being added to a group and having a malicious file sent to you ｣
While I do have some gripes with notifications and threaded discussions in the Element client…
My loathing of Matrix is less about the technology, and more about having yet another place to follow discussions. I can only follow so many separate places to have discussions, and matrix doesn’t seem to add much value.
I’d much rather try to make discussions work better HERE, instead of moving everything over to Matrix 😇
@benpate yeah. I understand completely and I feel the same way that the space for communication tools is over saturated. But I do see a value in #matrix for private communication. Private/Direct #messenging in the fediverse is not good and I feel it would take a huge effort to fix it. At the same time there is in matrix already a separate solution that gives me hope about replacing #whatsapp #signal #telegram etc in a way that more aligns to my values and overlaps those of the fediverse.
Captain it's Wednesday - Folge 168 - DI.DAY
Folge 168 des CIW Podcasts.
Alle machen mit beim Digital Independence Day
Was ist der Digital Independence Day?
Der #DiDay ist eine gemeinsame Initiative vieler Organisationen, Verbände und Institutionen, die von Save Social - Networks For Democracy in Hamburg koordiniert wird. Die Initiative wurde beim letzten Congress von Mark-Uwe Kling (der mit dem Känguru) und Linus Neumann (der vom CCC) angekündigt.
Aktuell wird der DI.DAY von 44 Organisationen unterstützt. Darunter findet man fast alle, die in der Freien Software Szene eine Rolle spielen, wie z. B.: dem CCC, Wikimedia, Mastodon, Ecosia, Nextcloud, der Open Search Foundation, Digitalcourage, dem SUMA e.V., der Digitalen Gesellschaft, Tuta und viele andere.
#Microsoft zu #LibreOffice
#PayPal zu #Wero / @Taler
#Chrome zu #Firefox
#Google zu #Ecosia /
Amazon zum Buchladen
Gmail zu unabhängiger E-Mail
X zu #Mastodon
#WhatsApp zu #Signal
HomeAssistant, Immich, AdGuard, Jellyfin
Ralf schlägt #BigTech-Cloud zu #Nextcloud vor …
… und der Elefant im Raum heisst: #Windows zu #Linux
@marcuwekling
@Tutanota
#Whatsapp 👎🏻
#Telegram 👎🏻
#Matrix 👎🏻
#Signal 👎🏻
#DeltaChat 👍🏻
Very proud to have my (2) families and a bunch of friends following me on instant messaging @delta Chat
We can all start the change. Don't be afraid to ask your close friends for a switch away from Big Tech
Publicly available Delta Chat mail relay on data-center based in France 🇫🇷.
PS boost for spreading the buzz ⚡⚡
I am here once again asking you to switch to #decentralized solutions, the answer is never centralization
if you are going to leave #WhatsApp switch to #ArcaneChat, #DeltaChat, #XMPP, #Matrix, etc.
I am here once again asking you to switch to #decentralized solutions, the answer is never centralization
if you are going to leave #WhatsApp switch to #ArcaneChat, #DeltaChat, #XMPP, #Matrix, etc.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@maquinari_cat/116006797055144638
#Whatsapp fa servir el xifrat de #Signal ergo el xifrat de Signal també és mentida? 🤔
Very proud to have my (2) families and a bunch of friends following me on instant messaging @delta Chat
We can all start the change. Don't be afraid to ask your close friends for a switch away from Big Tech
Publicly available Delta Chat mail relay on data-center based in France 🇫🇷.
PS boost for spreading the buzz ⚡⚡
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DI.DAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DI.DAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DI.DAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
Du möchtest den #diday nutzen, um Independent Messaging auszuprobieren, aber hast noch Fragen?
Unter diesem Link
kannst du in den Indie Messaging Chat reinschauen und, falls notwendig, Fragen loszuwerden:
https://yaxim.org/chat/#di.day@conference.anoxinon.me
Du gibst einfach einen Spitznamen an und kannst direkt Fragen stellen.
Keine Fragen?
Dann starte doch direkt:
Deutsch: https://imday.de/
English: https://imday.de/en/
Francais: https://imday.fr/
Du möchtest den #diday nutzen, um Independent Messaging auszuprobieren, aber hast noch Fragen?
Unter diesem Link
kannst du in den Indie Messaging Chat reinschauen und, falls notwendig, Fragen loszuwerden:
https://yaxim.org/chat/#di.day@conference.anoxinon.me
Du gibst einfach einen Spitznamen an und kannst direkt Fragen stellen.
Keine Fragen?
Dann starte doch direkt:
Deutsch: https://imday.de/
English: https://imday.de/en/
Francais: https://imday.fr/
Carpe Diem!
Today is the second Digital Independence Day.
And I think it is the perfect day to make the step from instant messaging to independent messaging.
Find your personal way to make a change:
English: https://imday.de/en/
Francais: https://imday.de/fr/
Deutsch: https://imday.de/de/
And (last but not least): Following the instruction will also improve the digital sovereignty of your friends.
Good Luck!
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DIDAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
Today is Digital Independence Day! 🎉 ❤️
The perfect day to share your story of how you got rid of Big Tech!
⚡Let us know in the comments how you #DID it for a chance to win one year of LEGEND for FREE.⚡🔒
We #DID this through:
★ replacing email service provider to #tutanota
★ changing the OS to #Linux 🐧 , with least prepackaged disros.
★ using @signalapp instead of #WhatsApp.
★ using Telegram & @Mastodon 
for publication of our content
Currently, we are looking forward for finding ways to support our efforts locally in Iraq to popularize #FOSS for everyone (no matter how much tech experience has)
#XMPP Community
XMPP is listed at the ‘Digital Independence Day’ (DIDAY) as an alternative chat option and the community created switch recipes to enable users to migrate to independent messaging.
https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #messaging #europe #fosdem #whatsapp #di_day
