is the mass market #xmpp client ready yet, son?
#dev #developer #jokes #meme #programmer #programmer_humor #humor
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mastodon 4.6.8+glitchHi, I'm the developer of #ArcaneChat.
About me:
Ceraunophile, I like: #GNU/Linux, free/libre software, #decentralization, #privacy, #Emacs, #Python, #DeltaChat, #pixelArt, listening to #music, #hiking.
My opinions are my own, not of any project I contribute to.
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Joined March 04, 2026
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
join the one and only decentralized end-to-end encrypted anonymous lefty politics and climate activism memes channel in the world!
Meme Logistics - Your go-to fun lefty memes supply chain
https://i.delta.chat/#818297831FAA0AB9917497FA5B145F41993374F1&v=3&x=xusVctOPSGOA6oFq4esfR68V&j=YspskxfxoImavuPj3qFTuX7H&s=d1sWSLq-ceUR9x5nJpWX7dLa&a=207nv967sz55do78f1xj%40chat.in%2Dthe.eu&n=Meme+Logistics&b=Meme+Logistics
#memes #politics #fun #meme #channel #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat
I gotta be honest, it's not a bad time to be a fish.
But since you are trapped in that human body, at least you can join the one and only decentralized end-to-end encrypted anonymous lefty politics and climate activism memes channel in the world!
Meme Logistics - Your go-to fun lefty memes supply chain
there is even more channels for you to discover at:
https://arcanechat.me/channels
#memes #politics #fun #meme #channel #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #climateChange #climate
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@arcanechat/116754446974718460
And NO, #Signal is not a solution, it is also centralized and totally dependent in #Amazon and other US infrastructure, US could literally just take it away from Europe or any target country due to "sanctions" over any political conflict, so it is extremely lame when some #European initiatives goes around talking about "digital independence" and then the workshop is about how to move from #WhatsApp to #Signal 🙄🤦♂️
ahhhh yes, thanks Meta and their pervert-glasses, now we get to appreciate all the features of a pair of normal f***ing glasses
more content like this in the #ArcaneChat channel "Debugging Memes", you can join with any #chatmail client to that and more channels at:
https://arcanechat.me/channels
#dev #linux #memes #privacy #meta #developer #programmer #jokes
join the one and only decentralized end-to-end encrypted anonymous lefty politics and climate activism memes channel in the world!
Meme Logistics - Your go-to fun lefty memes supply chain
#memes #politics #fun #meme #channel #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat
Meet #PixelSocial: a private social network you can host without any server just in your chats! for example in the family chat to have a private social network that only the family can access to! or for a group of friends
if you want to test it, there is also a public anonymous instance where you can actually interact with strangers thanks to a bot that works as bridge:
https://i.delta.chat/#C753A22A447DE8CA18653B9C7668BC822C0561CA&a=pixsocial%40arcanechat.me&n=PixelSocial&i=sz7HYOnPmjG1WWOclOFlGLFv&s=XJFfgZRHwvTVAvBAQKJxFL2F
#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #webxdc #bot #socialmedia #socialnetwork #miniapp #europe #european #privacy #anonymity #autonomy #digitalindependence #sovereignty
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@w8emv@hachyderm.io Delta Chat has channels (1-to-many like on Telegram), Signal doesn't
Signal is centralized and hence much more easy to block, while Delta Chat can even work in intra-net and mesh networks
Delta Chat can use several servers "relays" at the same time, do you remember that downtime with signal when #amazon or #cloudflare are down?? with Delta Chat if one of your relays go down you can keep chatting using the others (ex. people manage to use Delta Chat in Iran, Russia and China despite the strict network firewalls, if you go on vacations to China Signal will not work, Delta Chat will)
Signal doesn't support using the same account in multiple phones, and multi-device with desktop is weak and still depends on the phone, with delta chat you can have several devices at the same time and it is super easy to add a second device
each device in Delta Chat works as an incremental automatic full backup, while in signal you have to upload backups to some cloud and eventually pay for it when the backup is too big
in Delta Chat you can have several profiles, as much as you like, easily separate your work profile (with more serious avatar and name) from your family profile where you can use more informal name and avatar etc
you don't need phone numbers or any private data to use Delta Chat, onboarding is super easy, no SMS codes, no solving CAPTCHA like on Signal
No strangers can discover you and send you spam or fishing in Delta Chat same for your family members, so it is a safer space for family chat
#DeltaChat has offline-first in-chat mini-apps like games, collaborative text pads, checklist, shopping lists and other tools (all end-to-end encrypted without any 3rd party service hosting such apps, they live in the chat and only chat members can access them)
in Delta Chat you can save messages in a "Saved Messages" chat, #signal also has "Note to Self" but what is superior in Delta Chat is that you can also jump from the saved/bookmarked message to the original message and see it in its chat context, in Signal it just forwards a copy of the message to the "Note to Self" chat
and more, but this post is too long already
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
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
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
the #ArcaneChat channels list now also has #Russian channels
the list is rather short, if you know someone with a channel in Russian that would like to add it to the list, tell them to contact me
https://arcanechat.me/channels
#DeltaChat #chatmail #Russia #channels
look! the #signalapp income and salaries report for 2024 dropped!
who would have told you working for a #nonprofit could bring you so much money? it seems the American dream actually exist, >700k per year for a person 🤑
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824506840
it is a bit ironical to recommend #Signal, a centralized American service that runs on #Amazon, #Google and #Microsoft services and depends heavily on them spending millions each year just to pay to Amazon and then in an #European context recommend that as "digital independence"
Some people say it is a compromise, but the bar is way too low if you recommend Signal at the “digital independence day”. At this point It's about selling a feeling instead of actual accomplishment
#Europe #digitalindependence #diday #did #autonomy #freedom #Sovereignty
Nice, an #European alternatives site that has a source code repository so others can contribute:
repository: https://codeberg.org/sabrinazaki/BigSwitch.eu
#europeanalternatives #sovereignty #Europe #europeanUnion #europeantech #diday #did #digitalindependence #foss #floss
#ArcaneChat / #DeltaChat channel about developer memes, open/libre source culture and other techie and other nerdy stuff
#programmers #developers #programmerjokes #developerjokes #programmerhumor #jokes #memes #nerd #developerhumor #opensource #libresoftware #nerdhumor #coding #emacs #linux #developer #programmer
when you use "free" websites and services you will end up paying for it one way or the other, with your data, with dependence, once you depend on something you are more vulnerable to be exploited for it
besides normal web services, even in places like #Telegram, the mini-apps are just websites that you can open right inside the app, but remote websites controlled by 3rd parties in the end, you depend on them to keep operating the service, they have access to all the data you enter and use inside their mini-app
with #ArcaneChat and other #DeltaChat clients it is a completely different story!
YOU are in full control of the data you enter and use inside the in-chat mini-apps
there is no 3rd party with access to it, all data exchange works peer-to-peer between the chat members
there is no dependence in any website or service at all! it is just a normal attachment you send in the chat
they work #serverless! you can even use them while being #offline, so they are offline-first out of the box
yet even your grandparents can use them without even realizing there is a lot of power and freedom you get under the tips of your fingers!
this shouldn't go unnoticed!
#OfflineFirst #p2p #decentralization #autonomy #digitalindependence #web #webapp #webxdc #miniapp #website
join the one and only decentralized end-to-end encrypted anonymous lefty politics and climate activism memes channel in the world!
Meme Logistics - Your go-to fun lefty memes supply chain
#memes #politics #fun #meme #channel #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat
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@regendans @squalouJenkins @nixCraft I have also been a happy OpenSnitch user, see no reason to recommend something with proprietary crap when there are good alternatives, if it is not full free software that is a huge disadvantage compared with OpenSnitch
ArcaneChat Magic Tricks 🧙♂️✨
👋Hi, #ArcaneChat magician here 🧙♂️ this is the section where I teach you some magic tricks to help you get the full potential out of ArcaneChat
In today's lesson we will be looking at the image editor of ArcaneChat:
when you attach an image, before sending it you could click in the pencil ✏️ icon to edit it, here you have all kind of cool tricks, from drawing to blurring a part of the picture, ex. to protect some faces
you can also put some text, what not many think of is that using the text option you can also enter arbitrary emoji, and then using two fingers to pan you can make it bigger or rotate it and put it the way you like, this gives you a lot of gadgets to add to make your images more fun
if you have kids in the family using the app they will love it, together with the drawing brush it is also a source of entertainment for small kids! (this was tested already! just a small advice: better do it in a dedicated profile or they might accidentally mess up your chats or send stuff to your contacts!)
And that is all for today 🧙♂️✨
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social everyone, just use Delta Chat for encrypted private chatting, using Instagram for that was never a good idea anyways...
"What it feels like to be an open-source maintainer"
https://nolanlawson.com/2017/03/05/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-open-source-maintainer/
#ArcaneChat / #DeltaChat channel about developer memes, open/libre source culture and other techie and other nerdy stuff
https://i.delta.chat/#B68D965B65A63BBE7EB32D56234652E2C899213F&v=3&x=ImcSr1dp4fEWrZreS4Emlb5u&j=eX6UqJEePp9y_i-225abLctf&s=HdXiISGUcOr_1pcRoNTcOMwe&a=57cyvwkiidqqxnryms0q%40chat.in%2Dthe.eu&n=adb+%28TL%3BDR%29&b=Debugging+Memes
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@pancake@infosec.exchange I am really curious what "hide your online status" even does 😅
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@liaizon@social.wake.st if you don't have push notifications you need to enable the app to always run in background, anyways there is also #UnifiedPush support coming, it also depends on the provider you are using, and ofc maybe you are hitting some bug 🤔
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@secid@ieji.de yes, but instead of wasting time and effort into promoting Signal they could be promoting something else, for example, if you want to promote veganism you don't need to go suggesting sausage instead of steak as a first step, you could start by suggesting some vegan steak directly
not wasting years telling everyone how great sausages are and how much more ethical than steaks and then trying again to convince them to change
at some point people stop listening to you and will start thinking you are just a crazy guy that think they have got the time to be switching over and over and wasting their time learning new tools and spending time with computers
@MastodonDE@mastodon.de I have migrated to mastodon.de since some days, but it seems I can not boost posts? is this some anti-spam measure? and if so when will I be able to boost or quote other posts?
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@kq@ieji.de we are talking about private messenger for private encrypted communications, Element is more of a Discord/Slack thing pretty complex and bloated for your average family chat, besides the server is super bloated and costs much more to host/maintain, with the money you run a matrix server for a few users you can host thousands of Delta Chat users
about xmpp read here: https://fosstodon.org/@arcanechat/115963841644398921
before you keep going "what about ..." and bringing whatever other messenger there is in existence, yes, there are many options people can use whatever they like 😁
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"it seems you are shaking your phone in frustration" 🤔
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@itsFriday@toot.community @w8emv@hachyderm.io you don't know, you could send an invite link to a group (just with yourself) then you know who is whom
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@nils@mastodon.bsd.cafe @delta@chaos.social yes that is a bug then, please open a report and provide a log and screenshots of the notifications
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@Coffee@toot.cafe @w8emv@hachyderm.io they are just sandboxed offline web apps, like saving a website and zipping it, they don't have network access nor access to the chat or Delta Chat, the only thing they can do is talk to itself (same copy of it in a chat) from one device to another via some communication channel provided by the parent super-app
https://webxdc.org/
that said, it sounds weird to me that you say "It's what stopped me from checking out Delta Chat so far.", like it is just an attachment, if you don't like it just don't open them, same as if someone sends you a PDF, video, apk or .exe file attachment you are not obligated to click it and open it
it is actually much safer than clicking a link that someone sends you to some web app, and just the same you have the option of just not clicking it
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@itsFriday@toot.community @w8emv@hachyderm.io that is built-in out of the box, when you scanned the QR of the other person or opened the invite link (transmitted over a secure second channel hopefully) this process of getting in contact already prevents man-in-the-middle, furthermore, in Delta Chat encryption identity is the user identity not the addresses, which means that encryption can never drop or change in a chat because some malicious server is trying to impersonate someone using their address
this is quite powerful, not even the server owners that have control over your account can impersonate you in #DeltaChat
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@nils@mastodon.bsd.cafe @delta@chaos.social what do you mean with notifications for location streaming??? in what platform and what version???
at least in android it is known in the past you would get some weird notifications from location streaming but that bug is solved in recent versions of Delta Chat, I have not tested if in iOS that is happening, but shouldn't either
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@jmhorner@eattherich.club they cost nothing, at least not directly, but donations and grants from public money/taxes sustain its development
and it is all open source so anyone can take it and do what they want with them
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@eversten@social.anoxinon.de it is just a meme bro, not even created by me I am just sharing, and I post often stuff about software development and developer jokes/memes, and criticize Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram and a lot of other stuff
you are free to look elsewhere if you don't like it 🙄
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@christmastree@mastodon.social @scathach@stereophonic.space I can recommend you Delta Chat, it is pretty similar to Signal (it forked the Signal UI) and it doesn't require any phone numbers or any data at all
registration is super smooth, no SMS codes, no reCAPTCHA, etc. just set a name and go, NO ONE can discover you and write to you without you giving them your contact invite link so no scam possible
on top of that it has multi-profile and multi-device support, you can use the same profile in several devices! also each device works as an automatic incremental backup! no need to pay some shady cloud for backups
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@fwtl@mastodon.social @w8emv@hachyderm.io what is "pretty" is subjective, I will not deny your claim, but IMHO Signal is even more ugly, it doesn't even look like a native Android app, it looks like some half-assed ported iOS app, the screen space is wasted at plenty, if you have pinned chats you will barely be able to see a couple of chats in the screen, not to talk about the "please donate" banner popping up covering the chatlist from time to time