On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 08:00:33PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> * Ali Reza Hayati [2020-10-29 19:33]:
> > First step would be moving from corporate-backed services to services
> > that are run by companies that value human beings/people instead of
> > money. Money is important but the first priority
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 09:34:28AM +0800, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote:
> 2. To my surprise, the highly proprietary messaging app WhatsApp uses the
> GPL-licensed implementation of the Signal protocol developed by Open Whisper
> Systems for its self-proclaimed end-to-end encryption:
>
> https://en.wikiped
On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 02:36:23AM +, Connor Doherty wrote:
>Modern phone calls use a boatload of proprietary software from your
>Telco anyway, and you can't control the systems it goes through. Its
>also easy to track and record.
Yes, and the same is true for the majority of our e
On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 07:25:15PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
>The second point I was trying to raise is that XMPP doesn't have good
>clients for Mobile,
You mention this repeatedly without explaining why Conversations has "bad
design". Most people I know love the design of Conversations,
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 09:51:43PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
> Conversations is badly designed. I am talking from experience trying for
> people to adopt it.
I haven't had any bad experiences getting people to adopt Conversations. Maybe
you could be more specific about what particular aspects of
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:25:36PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:47, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via
>libreplanet-discuss wrote:
>
>Note: I don't speak for FSF, nor for GNU. Em 23/07/2020 18:56,
>Msavoritias escreveu:
>
> I would like to ask is it in the wo
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 06:04:34PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
> I wanted a client for Android so i searched on Google play and Fdroid but
> couldn't find one with acceptable design. Proprietary or otherwise.
What is wrong with Conversations?
https://f-droid.org/app/eu.siacs.conversations
https://p
On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 01:03:49AM +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote:
> Roberto Beltran wrote:
> > I've only ever bought crypto in person for cash.
> > So far I've only seen proprietary apps, the ATMs
> > that require a cellphone
>
> Whatʼs wrong with a phone? Afaik, SMS is perfectly usable with fr
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 08:58:32AM -0400, LM wrote:
> If anyone knows of other Linux users groups that are having meetings
> virtually using Free Software and wouldn't mind if people outside
> their area joined in, would appreciate hearing about them.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group (KWLUG
