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#memes #fun #meme #channel #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #linux #opensource #gnulinux #developers #development #dev
Edited 110d ago
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ArcaneChat / DeltaChat channel for you:
Debugging Memes - developer&linux memes, open source and other nerdy and tech related stuff, to join click here:
#memes #fun #meme #channel #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #linux #opensource #gnulinux #developers #development #dev
#ArcaneChat / #DeltaChat channel for you:
Otaku Channel - A cozy corner for anime, manga, and all things otaku culture
get memes, manga recommendations, and stickers!
I'm officially one of you. Whenever I see graphics about digital sovereignty and moving away from Big Tech, I go: "well, actually" - especially when I see Signal suggested as an alternative to WhatsApp.
My first thought: Signal is pretty centralized, #DeltaChat would be a far superior alternative 🙈🙉🙊
Disclaimer: I use both (Signal and DeltaChat) but I really wish I could move all my convos to @[email protected]. Slowly convincing one person at a time...
I think #SelfHosting is an important skill to learn, for anyone with the aptitude for it. I think the internet can't really be made a better place, until people learn to use those same skills to "staple the internet to real life". Like start from a place in one's real-world existence and look around. There are real-world organizations, and various community groups.
These groups should ideally roll their own self-hosted services: forums, group chats, file-sharing, etc. That's what I mean by "stapling": real world regional orgs aligning to the services they self-host. It's the opposite of using Big Tech forums: the Facebooks, Instagrams, etc of the world, where the platforms can't be trusted, and are totally certain to enshittify. In this way, #DataSovereignty is gained.
Yes, people will need a password manager to manage all those passwords. Or perhaps regional SSO servers - run by a city or province/state - can unify these accounts somewhat. Password management and backing up the password database (eg. .kdbx file) should be taught in school.
People actually visiting over coffee/tea (or meals), are the right time to help someone less technically inclined (in person) to install a new #OpenSource friendly app, like Signal or #DeltaChat
Yes, it won't be easy, *but I don't see an alternative*. There's pretty much no escape from the Tech Bro billionaires otherwise.
Edited 101d ago
I migrated my profile here, so let's add a short #introduction:
I am the #developer of #ArcaneChat, one of the #DeltaChat developers and many other small projects related to it, like creating or porting several web apps to #webxdc (in-chat mini-apps), I also develop several #bots for the mentioned chat apps
Outside #programming I like to cook, #hike, learn to play the #guitar, chill listening to music, drink green tea, learn #German language (and I would like to learn #Portuguese, #Italian and #French if I even finish with German 😅)
I speak #Spanish and #English but I will be speaking only English in this account
End-to-End Encryption is good but metadata protection counts as much. Names, group descriptions and memberships, avatars, who talks to whom ...
Both #deltachat and #signal go to great length to protect all the metadata that WhatsApp grants itself gratuitously. #Matrix stores similar scales of metadata on their servers, even if you can choose which server stores it.
Everything is better than #Telegram which additionally stores message contents in all group chats/channels and most 1:1 chats.
![screenshot of artifical WhatsApp screen
courtesy of @fex@cfn.social
[Lock Icon] Your personal messages are end-to-end encrypted¹
But:
When you message someone is saved forever.
When you type is saved forever.
Your approximate location is saved forever.
Every profile picture is saved forever.
Every status update is saved forever.
Every group name is saved forever.
Every group description is saved forever.
Every community name is saved forever.
Every community description is saved forever.
Every time you join a group is saved forever.
Every time you leave a group is saved forever.
Every new contact is saved forever.
Deleting a contact is saved forever.
What you search for is saved forever.
Who you call and when is saved forever.
When you hang up is saved forever.
When you’re online is saved forever.
When you’re offline is saved forever.
Every link you open is stored forever.
Your phone model is stored forever.
Your operating system is stored forever.
Your battery level is stored forever.
Your signal strength is stored forever.
Your app version is stored forever.
Your mobile network is stored forever.
Your Wi-Fi network is stored forever.
.....
Your IP addresses are stored forever.
Your meta ID is stored forever.
Your settings are stored forever.
¹Just in case your contacts don’t back up your messages with Google or Apple](/proxy/post_attachment/241488/76071ac5ac.png "screenshot of artifical WhatsApp screen
courtesy of @fex@cfn.social
[Lock Icon] Your personal messages are end-to-end encrypted¹
But:
When you message someone is saved forever.
When you type is saved forever.
Your approximate location is saved forever.
Every profile picture is saved forever.
Every status update is saved forever.
Every group name is saved forever.
Every group description is saved forever.
Every community name is saved forever.
Every community description is saved forever.
Every time you join a group is saved forever.
Every time you leave a group is saved forever.
Every new contact is saved forever.
Deleting a contact is saved forever.
What you search for is saved forever.
Who you call and when is saved forever.
When you hang up is saved forever.
When you’re online is saved forever.
When you’re offline is saved forever.
Every link you open is stored forever.
Your phone model is stored forever.
Your operating system is stored forever.
Your battery level is stored forever.
Your signal strength is stored forever.
Your app version is stored forever.
Your mobile network is stored forever.
Your Wi-Fi network is stored forever.
.....
Your IP addresses are stored forever.
Your meta ID is stored forever.
Your settings are stored forever.
¹Just in case your contacts don’t back up your messages with Google or Apple")
After three intense months of work from more than a dozen contributors, #deltachat 2.48 releases are rolling. Maybe the most feature-packed releases ever?
- "zero metadata" messaging
- native Audio/Video calls on Android and iOS, as well as UbuntuTouch
- Group and Channel descriptions
- A new background audio player
- Revamped Download-on-Demand
and, last but not least, the long-awaited next-generation of messaging resiliency through "multi-path" routing ....
I am very sorry for you to need to cope with this:
the best option for private chatting TODAY when it comes to #security, usability/user-friendly, #resilience, #digitalindependence and #freedom is #DeltaChat a chat app that uses #SMTP + #IMAP at its backbone, not your favorite "perfect" chat protocol, you don't need new better protocols, you need tools that actually work for the people
Edited 157d ago
This morning nine.testrun.org was briefly unavailable, some network problem. A good time to remind everyone to add a second relay to your #deltachat app:
1. Go to https://chatmail.at/relays randomly choose one of the listed relay pages and copy the invitation code to your clipboard
2. In delta chat settings go to advanced/relays and tap "add relay" and paste the invitation code
3. That's it.
If one relay is unavailable you still can receive and send messages.
https://delta.chat/en/2026-03-31-zero#maximizing-availability-and-resilience-through-multi-path-delivery