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Boraxman wrote to phigan <=-
Just for direct friends and family, you'll have to get them to install it and use it. Thats hard enough. They'll have other friends who
want to use Signal, others that use Snapchat, others that use
Messenger or WhatsApp or whatever. Its a PITA. Best compromise is to use services where there can at least be a common client, ie, one client that supports mulitiple protocols. Weechat does IRC and
Matrix, so despite the fact I use IRC, if I went on Matrix, at least I can still use the same client. Same with Pidgin, where I (briefly) used it, or its predecessor to use both a MSN messenger and I think Yahoo! Chat account.
I was going to mention Pidgin/GAIM - back in the AOL/MSN/Gtalk days, people were on all platforms - then, we used XMPP at work on a
dedicated server, I ran my own XMPP server - and could read/write messages on all the networks with Pidgin.
Signal has actually become my defacto "messenger" program. Not by choice, but simply by virtue of chance and others I know using it. However, it is not a replacement. Signal requires a
phone, and it advertises to all that you use it.
Iliked MSN because I didn't feel to concerned about giving people by MSN handle,
strangers I could talk to that I wouldn't necessarily want to add in my phone book.
I was hoping with IPv6 that each person could somehow obtain a static IP or IP range that was static within a country/region. That way it acted like a psuedo internet phone number, and
chat
clients could work without a central controller.
Hey;
just an FYI, neither Signal, FB messenger, nor Telegram make people use phone numbers to share contacts. Instead you share contacts via username because phone numbers are outdated for that kinda thing.
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: MRO to Boraxman on Thu May 15 2025 01:27 am
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 08:24 am
now i'm not a criminal nor do i think any of us are criminals, but still, if you think you're secure on a
world wide network of computers,
you're fooling yourself. ---
I previously had to deal with IT securty. What you are missing is where threats
the
NSA or what-have-you could potentially at some
point get information, there is no point.
i'm just saying the world govts and some private individuals probably have much more advanced methods than you
might
think.
I'm sure a pirate of some sort could make good money breaking into a bank, hospital, govt agency and get whatever
info they can people and sell it.
it's probably happening all the time.
Yes, I know that argument, and I know all to well the kind of person who makes that argument.
You made your point. I get it.
The fact that the government could find where I live, but you would NOT, that point is lost on you.
By not plastering your info everywhere, you make it difficult for miscreants. I've been able to protect myself many
times by being prudent, and I know that for a *FACT*.
I'm not arguing this anymore
So tell me, where do I live?
By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 07:05 pm
* I Had to lookup the ELECTRONIC Communications ACT, and I have a File about this matter. But, The Electronic Frontier Foundation website (EFF) has lawyers !
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