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IMHO XMPP / Jabber is the best Instant Messenger (IM) protocol (feddit.dk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized.

I use it with family and friends. Conversations and blabber.im on android and Gajim on Linux. There's also apps for windows and Apple.

Curious if anyone here use it and why, why not?

EDIT: Doh. In these Lemmy times I forgot federated. Added.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@floofloof I would love to move to Matrix/Element but don't know a single person who uses it, so it doesn't seem like it would much benefit me unfortunately. I do still have an account though.

@privsecfoss

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Install some bridges. I've managed to remove all those third party chat apps from my devices and just use Matrix to chat to everyone whether they're on Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, IRC, etc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can hyou point me on some good material to learn about them? I've been reading about those for years but never crossed a guide...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a look at this page for someone explaining how they moved from using Discord directly to using it via Matrix.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, it's very useful, sadly it looks a bit like the stuff of nightmare prone to breaking at the worst possible moment...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's been rock solid for over three years for me.