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"Keine realistische Alternative": Signal-Chefin verteidigt Nutzung von AWS
Als AWS vor einer Woche ausgefallen ist, hatte Signal eine Weile massive Probleme. Meredith Whittaker erklärt nun, warum der Messenger darauf angewiesen ist.
#AmazonWebServices #CloudComputing #InstantMessaging #IT #Messaging #Mobiles #Signal #news
"Keine realistische Alternative": Signal-Chefin verteidigt Nutzung von AWS
Als AWS vor einer Woche ausgefallen ist, hatte Signal eine Weile massive Probleme. Meredith Whittaker erklärt nun, warum der Messenger darauf angewiesen ist.
#AmazonWebServices #CloudComputing #InstantMessaging #IT #Messaging #Mobiles #Signal #news
@datum Mastodon is distributed at the level of the protocol, not infrastructure. Sure, some people use a server in their closet, but most license hyperscaler infra to host their mastodon instance.
Meta note, we seem to be dealing with a confusion in what the term "distributed" means in this context.
Somebody please #timewarp me to 1999-01-06 and invent an #IETF #standard #protocol for federated #instantMessaging 🙂
Btw. my local internet club, founded in 1995, does host both #Jabber and Matrix now. No #hyperscaler involved. No #selfHosting needed.
"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
Want to send messages and video calls with:
* no installs
* no sign-ups
* no tracking
* end-to-end encryption
This new prototype uses PeerJS to establish a secure browser-to-browser connection. Everything is ephemeral and cleared when you refresh the page—true zerodata privacy!
Check out the [testable demo here](https://p2p.positive-intentions.com/iframe.html?globals=&id=demo-p2p-messaging--p-2-p-messaging&viewMode=story).
I am working towards a look-and-feel to match Whatsapp as seen in this [hardcoded UI demo](http://glitr.positive-intentions.com).
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is still a work-in-progress and a close-source project. It is based on the open source MVP see [here](https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat). It has NOT been audited or reviewed. For testing purposes only, not a replacement for your current messaging app.
* Docs: https://positive-intentions.com/docs/category/sparcle
* Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/positive_intentions
* GitHub: https://github.com/positive-intentions
#P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging
Want to send messages and video calls with:
* no installs
* no sign-ups
* no tracking
* end-to-end encryption
This new prototype uses PeerJS to establish a secure browser-to-browser connection. Everything is ephemeral and cleared when you refresh the page—true zerodata privacy!
Check out the [testable demo here](https://p2p.positive-intentions.com/iframe.html?globals=&id=demo-p2p-messaging--p-2-p-messaging&viewMode=story).
I am working towards a look-and-feel to match Whatsapp as seen in this [hardcoded UI demo](http://glitr.positive-intentions.com).
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is still a work-in-progress and a close-source project. It is based on the open source MVP see [here](https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat). It has NOT been audited or reviewed. For testing purposes only, not a replacement for your current messaging app.
* Docs: https://positive-intentions.com/docs/category/sparcle
* Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/positive_intentions
* GitHub: https://github.com/positive-intentions
#P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging
XMPP is pronounced 'ʤæb.əʳ 🙂
To me,
#XMPP is the universal communication protocol, used for #IoT, #WebRTC, gaming, social, and #instantMessaging.
#Jabber is the latter in an open and federated network.
#CiscoJabber™ is a product by Cisco.
Zimpy is many things, but don't look it up in #UrbanDictionary!
(Btw. I fiercely advocate naming #freeSoftware projects, children, cats, companies, everything, after #UUIDs. No more unambiguousness, no more #trademark issues.)
Considering that both #XMPP and #Matrix re-invented #decentralized communication while #email was already there, makes #deltachat more interesting.
The fact that DC didn't invent a new protocol for #InstantMessaging and just used the protocol which was already there, and also that how far has it gone, is mind blowing.
At first when I was chatting with @treefit, I already was developing a Matrix client( #chooj) for #KaiOS and it was the only decentralized IM which I was using and investing resources into. I was skeptical but then I thought it would be a good idea to invest into DeltaChat, as well as Matrix. His argument, of course, wasn't good. He was arguing that we need multiple options in the case one of decentralized IMs fail. However this convinced me to give DC a try.
But now, I see that DC has very unique advantages no other messenger has. Their moto is "playing the long term" game. Unlike Matrix which suddenly exploded, DC moves very slowly. As an advantage, DC is much more consistent, hassle free, has less bugs(in my experience) and has better UI/UX than many Matrix clients. But it has got several disadvantages. Matrix has tons more features which DC hasn't got or has added them just recently such as editing messages and reactions. And it is not yet suitable for public groups, like the ones we've got in the Matrix network.
Overall, if you want secure chat with friends or family or other people you trust, DeltaChat is a very good option and the experience is very good. And I haven't seen something like #webxdc in any other IM. However if you want something like #Discord guilds for a community, Matrix is the way to go.
BTW, DC currently lacks funding, thanks to what #Trump did with #OpenTechnologyFund(#OTF). If you can help in anyway, financial or otherwise, it will be extra valuable at this point.
Edit:
BTW, here are websites of webxdc and DC:
https://delta.chat
https://webxdc.org/
Edit2: Make sure to check WebXDC, apps shared in #P2P deltachat groups or DMs.
#IM#FOSS#Messenger#MessagingApp #opensource #opensourceIM #freesoftware
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