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Telegram might be fully blocked in Russia. Question is, when will it happen?
https://www.euronews.com/2026/02/19/telegram-might-be-fully-blocked-in-russia-question-is-when-will-it-happen?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-euronews

https://www.euronews.com/2026/02/19/telegram-might-be-fully-blocked-in-russia-question-is-when-will-it-happen?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kkarhan@infosec.space · last week

@euronews @europe-euronews IDC & IDGAF!

People learn to use @torproject / #Tor & #TorBridges as well as #XMPP+ #OMEMO ffs!

Or do they really delive they'd get anonymity and privacy under #Putin who's chilling with #NorthKorea?

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: and 2 others boosted

Grow Your Own Services 🌱

@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · 2 weeks ago

If you're interested in setting up a secure chat service for you and your friends, you might want to try @snikket_im

🌱 https://snikket.org

It's really cheap to run and easy to set up, it's managed hosting so you don't need to do techy stuff.

Technical details: it runs on XMPP with OMEMO end-to-end encryption, but this is hidden behind non-technical branding so it doesn't scare people.

Instances are federated, Snikket and other types of XMPP instance can communicate.

#XMPP #OMEMO #E2EE

Grow Your Own Services 🌱

@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · 2 weeks ago

If you're interested in setting up a secure chat service for you and your friends, you might want to try @snikket_im

🌱 https://snikket.org

It's really cheap to run and easy to set up, it's managed hosting so you don't need to do techy stuff.

Technical details: it runs on XMPP with OMEMO end-to-end encryption, but this is hidden behind non-technical branding so it doesn't scare people.

Instances are federated, Snikket and other types of XMPP instance can communicate.

#XMPP #OMEMO #E2EE

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kkarhan@infosec.space · 2 weeks ago

@tapafon @ariadne The whole "Metadata" discussion is for the most part FUD by Signal fans.

OFC this doesn't mean I deny the problem.
- But if you are concerned about said issue then you'd already only communicate with you own private self-hosted servers that are only reachable with a VPN over Tor.

The truth is that as of now there are no good options out there, unless you consider sending #PGP-encypted messages to a self-hosted, hidden ntfy.sh server to each other.

I'd love to be wrong on that one, but so far #XMPP+ #OMEMO & #PGP/MIME (both over #Tor) is the best practical option if you don't expect people to become unlicensed radio amateurs and illegally moonbounce their encrypted messages with WSJ…

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kkarhan@infosec.space · 2 weeks ago

@tapafon @ariadne then I guess the only good option is self-hosted #XMPP+ #OMEMO and/or #PGP/MIME!

Anything else is either a controlled opposition, honeypot, or just flatout marketing lies.

Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · last month

So we’re just having a little chat :)

Screenshot of Persisted Kitten Chat example running at htps://91.98.66.193

Status: Online

Aral Right, | just started the Persisted Kitten Chat example instead so the chat log will be preserved :)

FiXato 🖖

Matt: meow

Aral: Hey FiXato, Matt, welcome :)

Aral: So this is how | see folks running their own Small Web sites in the future, at Web Numbers (IP addresses, really, but less scary) :)

Max: Hello!

Aral: (Only made possible as of this month with Let's Encrypt rolling out support for TLS certs at IP addresses.)

Hellie: Hiya!

Aral: Hey, Max, Hellie, how goes?

oliofl: Hello

Hellie: doing alright, interesting app!

Aral: Of course, this is an example of an old-school centralised site where we're all chatting on the same server but, if you're interested, check out the end-to-end-encrypted Kitten Chat example in the repository for a peer-to-peer version :)

Aral: Thanks, Hellie, the really interesting bit is that we're meeting at an IP address over https ;)

Aral: Oops, | meant Web Number ;) — Screenshot of Persisted Kitten Chat example running at htps://91.98.66.193 Status: Online Aral Right, | just started the Persisted Kitten Chat example instead so the chat log will be preserved :) FiXato 🖖 Matt: meow Aral: Hey FiXato, Matt, welcome :) Aral: So this is how | see folks running their own Small Web sites in the future, at Web Numbers (IP addresses, really, but less scary) :) Max: Hello! Aral: (Only made possible as of this month with Let's Encrypt rolling out support for TLS certs at IP addresses.) Hellie: Hiya! Aral: Hey, Max, Hellie, how goes? oliofl: Hello Hellie: doing alright, interesting app! Aral: Of course, this is an example of an old-school centralised site where we're all chatting on the same server but, if you're interested, check out the end-to-end-encrypted Kitten Chat example in the repository for a peer-to-peer version :) Aral: Thanks, Hellie, the really interesting bit is that we're meeting at an IP address over https ;) Aral: Oops, | meant Web Number ;)

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kkarhan@infosec.space · last month

@aral so, what makes #KittenChat a better choice than #IRC ( #WebIRC) or #XMPP+ #OMEMO or #PGP/MIME?

Besides being a #WebApp and easy to setup a server…

Daniel Gultsch

@daniel@gultsch.social · 2 months ago

@tris there are three actively developed protocols for federated instant messaging (XMPP, Matrix, Deltachat). At least one of them is very open to new developers and new ideas and has a structure in place to collaboratively work on those ideas and bring various stake holders together. With no disrespect to that individual I don't see why there needs to be a forth protocol loosely based on ActivityPub.

Daniel Gultsch

@daniel@gultsch.social · 2 months ago

@tris Soatak is an expert in cryptography. I’m not. I’m more than happy to stand on the shoulder of giants when it comes to E2EE. That’s why we used the Signal Protocol 10+ years ago for #OMEMO and are now looking towards #MLS. However, good, interoperable protocol design is so much more than just E2EE. And maybe I've learned a thing or two about protocol design in my career that they don’t necessarily know.

Manu

@asturicense@masto.es · 3 months ago

@Tutanota Decentralised instant messaging applications that use the #xmpp protocol with #omemo encryption, such as #conversations.

Luis Fajardo boosted

Daniel Gultsch

@daniel@gultsch.social · 4 months ago

Many exciting projects made it into the latest @NGIZero funding round.

My personal favorites are OMEMO v2 ( #TWOMEMO 😜) for Converse.js (by @jcbrand) and GTK4 support for @phosh.

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251016-selection-NGI0CommonsFund.html

#XMPP #Jabber #Converse #OMEMO

NLnet; 29 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Grants to Build Digital Commons

Daniel Gultsch

@daniel@gultsch.social · 4 months ago

Many exciting projects made it into the latest @NGIZero funding round.

My personal favorites are OMEMO v2 ( #TWOMEMO 😜) for Converse.js (by @jcbrand) and GTK4 support for @phosh.

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251016-selection-NGI0CommonsFund.html

#XMPP #Jabber #Converse #OMEMO

NLnet; 29 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Grants to Build Digital Commons

Norbert Tretkowski

@norbert@social.tretkowski.de · 6 months ago

Thank you @daniel for a new set of Conversations, XMPP and OMEMO stickers!

#Conversations_im #XMPP #OMEMO

Conversations, XMPP and OMEMO stickers on an envelope.

Daniel Gultsch

@daniel@gultsch.social · 6 months ago

I just bought 20 envelopes and stamps, and I'm packing them with 5x #Conversations_im, 5x #OMEMO, and 5x #XMPP each.

Send me an email if you want one. Put 'Stickers' in the subject so I can filter. While supplies last, obviously. (Though I'm more limited on the stamps than the stickers.)

https://gultsch.de/contact/