Any suggestions for a replacement for AWS SNS for SMS messages tied to our self-hosted server monitoring?
Any suggestions for a replacement for AWS SNS for SMS messages tied to our self-hosted server monitoring?
Happy Birthday to #InstantMessaging and #RealTimeCommunication with #XMPP!
Emerged from the #Jabber #community in 1999 and originally designed to provide an open and #decentralised alternative to #ICQ and #MSN, XMPP evolved to an independent alternative for todays #chat apps.
#rtc #whatsapp #signal
Happy Birthday to #InstantMessaging and #RealTimeCommunication with #XMPP!
Emerged from the #Jabber #community in 1999 and originally designed to provide an open and #decentralised alternative to #ICQ and #MSN, XMPP evolved to an independent alternative for todays #chat apps.
#rtc #whatsapp #signal
Happy Birthday to #InstantMessaging and #RealTimeCommunication with #XMPP!
Emerged from the #Jabber #community in 1999 and originally designed to provide an open and #decentralised alternative to #ICQ and #MSN, XMPP evolved to an independent alternative for todays #chat apps.
#rtc #whatsapp #signal
You like Signal for it's outstanding #confidentiality? Fine!
You like Threema, since it's safe, it's from #Switzerland, and #ElsbethSigmund as #Heidi was your #childhoodCrush? Great!
You like Whatsapp, because your friends are there? I don't blame you!
But 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 don't claim, that any of those #centralServices would support #digitalAutonomy, #digitalIndependence, #digitalSovereignty. They have their merits, but they still are #walledGardens.
We need to convince other people to use XMPP.
The no encryption is no longer an issue, most clients implement OMEMO.
There's no reason to leave your love ones and acquaintances under the influence of Mark Zuckerberg or any other centralised instant-messaging platform that lives on rage, POLARISATION and division.
Not in 2025. The platform is now mature. Servers are easy to run, encryption works, there are multiple clients for every platform.
Once you teach them how to use them, block them on Whatsapp so they have to reach you through XMPP.
#ChangeYourVicinityToChangeTheWorld #XMPP #Jabber #InstantMessaging
We need to convince other people to use XMPP.
The no encryption is no longer an issue, most clients implement OMEMO.
There's no reason to leave your love ones and acquaintances under the influence of Mark Zuckerberg or any other centralised instant-messaging platform that lives on rage, POLARISATION and division.
Not in 2025. The platform is now mature. Servers are easy to run, encryption works, there are multiple clients for every platform.
Once you teach them how to use them, block them on Whatsapp so they have to reach you through XMPP.
#ChangeYourVicinityToChangeTheWorld #XMPP #Jabber #InstantMessaging
EU-Signalgruppe: Zu sensibel für Freigabe, nicht sensibel genug für Archivierung
Dass EU-Außenminister und -ministerinnen einen Gruppenchat auf Signal nutzen, war bekannt. Worüber sie aber schreiben, dazu sind die Reaktionen widersprüchlich.
#Datensicherheit #EU #InstantMessaging #Messaging #Mobiles #Signal #news
EU-Signalgruppe: Zu sensibel für Freigabe, nicht sensibel genug für Archivierung
Dass EU-Außenminister und -ministerinnen einen Gruppenchat auf Signal nutzen, war bekannt. Worüber sie aber schreiben, dazu sind die Reaktionen widersprüchlich.
#Datensicherheit #EU #InstantMessaging #Messaging #Mobiles #Signal #news
Tansania: Internetblockade nach fünf Tagen beendet, WhatsApp & Co. noch gesperrt
Fast eine Woche war Tansania komplett offline, jetzt geht das Internet wieder. Soziale Netzwerke und Messenger werden aber offenbar weiterhin blockiert.
#InstantMessaging #Internet #Internetsperren #IT #SocialMedia #news
Tansania: Internetblockade nach fünf Tagen beendet, WhatsApp & Co. noch gesperrt
Fast eine Woche war Tansania komplett offline, jetzt geht das Internet wieder. Soziale Netzwerke und Messenger werden aber offenbar weiterhin blockiert.
#InstantMessaging #Internet #Internetsperren #IT #SocialMedia #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
"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
