#cwtch — Public Fediverse posts

I like how people are recommending a bunch of FLOSS messengers now, its an opportunity to check out underrated projects like I just a few minutes ago learned about the FLOSS project Quiet (https://tryquiet.org) from a discord community trying to relocate.

The website says its all E2EE P2P with tor built in, channels like slack/discord, no email or phone number required. Unfortunately no quantum resistant encryption on the roadmap so I still would recommend SimpleX for general purpose instant messaging but Tor-by-default and P2P are genuine advantages over Simplex

If you found this post interesting you might also be interested in these decentralised encrypted messengers with various pros and cons compared to eachother:

Cwtch
https://cwtch.im
http://cwtchim3z2gdsyb27acfc26lup5aqbegjrjsqulzrnkuoalq5h4gmcid.onion/

Briar
https://briarproject.org/

Meshtastic
https://meshtastic.org/

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #Deniability #Meshtastic #Briar #Cwtch #SimpleX #Quiet #P2P #Tor #Slack #Discord

Anyone have opinion on these...

➡️ #DeltaChat ❓ @delta / https://delta.chat/
➡️ #Session ❓ https://getsession.org/download
➡️ #xmpp ❓ @xmpp
➡️ #signal ❓ @signalapp
engages in #Shitcoin-#Scams (see #MobileCoin!) for no valid reason…?
➡️ #Matrix
➡️ #SimpleX,
➡️ #Zulip
➡️ #Mattermost
➡️ #Briar @briar ➡️ #Cwtch @cwtch
➡️ #IRC
➡️ #Quiet
➡️ #Jami
➡️ #Jitsi Meet ( ❤️⭐ my favourite) @jitsinews
➡️ Mumble
➡️ #MonoclesChat @monocles.social
➡️ #Linphone
➡️ #XMPP + #OMEMO)

#Encryption #Cypherpunk #E2EE
#InternetCalls #Calls #Privacy

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Anyone have opinion on these...

➡️ #DeltaChat ❓ @delta / https://delta.chat/
➡️ #Session ❓ https://getsession.org/download
➡️ #xmpp ❓ @xmpp
➡️ #signal ❓ @signalapp
engages in #Shitcoin-#Scams (see #MobileCoin!) for no valid reason…?
➡️ #Matrix
➡️ #SimpleX,
➡️ #Zulip
➡️ #Mattermost
➡️ #Briar @briar ➡️ #Cwtch @cwtch
➡️ #IRC
➡️ #Quiet
➡️ #Jami
➡️ #Jitsi Meet ( ❤️⭐ my favourite) @jitsinews
➡️ Mumble
➡️ #MonoclesChat @monocles.social
➡️ #Linphone
➡️ #XMPP + #OMEMO)

#Encryption #Cypherpunk #E2EE
#InternetCalls #Calls #Privacy

[please boost also - Thanks
#FreeSchool]

If you would like to establish an anonymous channel with ITN, visit https://fifthdimensionnews.substack.com/about for how to start an #anonymous #chat with #Cwtch or #Onionshare via #Signal

First, use Signal to send Cwtch onion address
(in #Go but client is more user friendly and no Javascript)
and/or Onionshare onion address
(in #Python and updated across platforms but requires JS) and private authorization key or vice versa

and to send time for chat
[date, hour UTC-0/GMT]

Signal inbox is checked at least every few days.

then, metadata resistant chat with #Tor onion E2EE can commence at scheduled time

http://docs.lldan5gahapx5k7iafb3s4ikijc4ni7gx5iywdflkba5y2ezyg6sjgyd.onion/2.6.3/en/features.html#chat-anonymously
https://onionshare.org

If you would like to establish an anonymous channel with ITN, visit https://fifthdimensionnews.substack.com/about for how to start an #anonymous #chat with #Cwtch or #Onionshare via #Signal
First, use Signal to send Cwtch onion address
(in #Go but client is more user friendly and no Javascript)
and/or Onionshare onion address
(in #Python and updated across platforms but requires JS) and private authorization key or vice versa
and to send time for chat
[date, hour UTC-0/GMT]
Signal inbox is checked at least every few days.
then, metadata resistant chat with #Tor onion E2EE can commence at scheduled time
http://docs.lldan5gahapx5k7iafb3s4ikijc4ni7gx5iywdflkba5y2ezyg6sjgyd.onion/2.6.3/en/features.html#chat-anonymously
https://onionshare.org

#Tech #News #Dialogue #Chat #Encryption #Anonymity #Source #Info #Crypto

How are your Guards doing with your NickServ correlated with your Tor chat?
#Cwtch looks a lot better as a messenger. It just needs the #Rust !

Have you ever tried to get a rusted bolt loose? Might as well be written in weld.
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How many people still use #IRC ? Is it considered trusted and a known quanity because it has been arround for a long time? #Whonix removed it because it is unmaintained. #Tor blog mentions Hexchat in the #oniux announcement. You will have troubles authenticating and never get to the Palladium #onion if you try oniux hexchat. #old or #new : who to trust? When it comes to technology, treachery of the old and fidelity of the new?
@torproject - what works:
oniux element-desktop
https://forums.whonix.org/remove-hexchat-unmaintained
https://github.com/whonix/anon-meta-packages
--> logs out of Matrix server frequently, though. #Cwtch just needs #Rust instead of golang ; )

But to have oniux, you need #Debian #Trixie and Whonix is still stable.

#Pidgin is still maintained

#anon #Matrix #encryption #privacy #security #messenger #chat #Element #Libera #Verification #Anonymity

🚀 Oh, rejoice, dear users! Here comes #Cwtch, the Welsh whisper of #privacy, offering to cloak your #metadata in a shroud of decentralized hugs 🤗. Because, of course, what every social technophile dreams of is a protocol so open it practically begs to be ignored 📉.
https://docs.cwtch.im/ #Decentralization #SocialTech #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Oh, rejoice, dear users! Here comes #Cwtch, the Welsh whisper of #privacy, offering to cloak your #metadata in a shroud of decentralized hugs 🤗. Because, of course, what every social technophile dreams of is a protocol so open it practically begs to be ignored 📉.
https://docs.cwtch.im/ #Decentralization #SocialTech #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Oh, rejoice, dear users! Here comes #Cwtch, the Welsh whisper of #privacy, offering to cloak your #metadata in a shroud of decentralized hugs 🤗. Because, of course, what every social technophile dreams of is a protocol so open it practically begs to be ignored 📉.
https://docs.cwtch.im/ #Decentralization #SocialTech #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Oh, rejoice, dear users! Here comes #Cwtch, the Welsh whisper of #privacy, offering to cloak your #metadata in a shroud of decentralized hugs 🤗. Because, of course, what every social technophile dreams of is a protocol so open it practically begs to be ignored 📉.
https://docs.cwtch.im/ #Decentralization #SocialTech #HackerNews #ngated

If you're interested in secure #messengers, their use cases, workings, and how they perform in terms of #privacy, #anonymity, and #security, here's a long (looong!) post that gives a pretty decent overview of the basics:

https://itsgoingdown.org/the-guide-to-peer-to-peer-encryption-and-tor-new-communication-infrastructure-for-anarchists/

Written from an #anarchist perspective, still found it useful as a text I can point not-so-deeply techy people to, anyway.

#encryption #messaging #IGD #itsgoingdown #Signal #Briar #Cwtch

@debacle @edendestroyer @snikket_im

In my experience #Tox, espcially #atox, is a lot more reliable (connectiivty wise) than the other two, though #cwtch is getting faster each time I try it

@aaravchen

I'll look for #cwtch .

#qtox and #atox worked perfectly well when I tried them, but the windows version was flaky when I tried that.

I know some people are sniffy about windows but to mainstream at all they'll have to get that right. You can't ignore that many users.

@cwtch

I wanted to try #cwtch for $reasons (#chatcontrol)

but trying to

#git clone https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/libcwtch-go

over #Tor (and why shouldn't I be using it all the time?) gives me:

404 - suspected botnet

Well that's ironic

Please don't break the interwebs while throttling botnets 🙏🙏🙏

Please #unblock