#messengers — Public Fediverse posts

#Appreciating the #Diversity of #Cosmic #Messengers : Medium

#Hubble #Telescope watches unique #Nova #Explosion fire #Cosmic '#Bullets' through the #MilkyWay at 20 million mph : Space

'Much more #Violent than #Predicted': A chunk of the #Universe's missing matter was powerfully hurled out of #Galaxies : Live Sci

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Today I remembered that #SMS and #MMS still exist. If it weren't for a push notification, I would've never noticed that two of my clients are trying to reach me via text. Since #Telegram and #WhatsApp got blocked in our country, many people fled to other platforms — sometimes extremely weird ones.

If before I only had to check two apps, now... **brace yourselves**:

• VK

• Telegram

• WhatsApp

• Max

• Email

• #Matrix

• #Fediverse

• SMS

• #WeChat (yes, I actually have it!)

  Multiply all of this by the fact that besides my work accounts I also have personal ones. Everyone is scattered everywhere and it is extremely inconvenient. I'm trying to get all my friends and family onto the #ActivityPub + Matrix combo, but let's be honest, nobody outside our little bubble needs this Fediverse.

#Decentralization #OpenSource #DigitalLife #Communication #Privacy #Messengers #PushNotification

@lorenzofb

if @signalapp had refrained from sending donation requests, PIN reminders and other intrusive in-App messages, it would have prevented users from becoming accustomed to receiving unsolicited (phishing) communications.

Add a little more alert and less 'blonde' operators and one would be quiet safe. Instead they plan the opposite and send even more unsolicited messages 🤦 👇.

#Signal #SignalApp #Messenger #Messengers

Die Entwickler von #WhatsApp gestalten die App für #iOS weiter im Liquid-Glass-Design. Halbtransparente Leisten und schwebende Elemente sollen jetzt auch das Chat-Fenster des #Messengers modernisieren. https://winfuture.de/news,158490.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

@leanderlindahl Imagine all the people sharin' all the world, no national and regional #messengers, there is one communication standard, #XMPP?

Any piece of Software that lets you share Media with others, be it #messengers like #signal or SMPs like #mastodon or #bluesky, should prompt you to decide, whether you want to keep, change or delete the #metadata of the media file.

The same goes imo for any application, that lets you insert media files into larger documents, like #zettlr, #joplin, #LibreOffice, etc.

All these applications should offer both, a default setting AND a per-file prompt/switch that allows to make this decision.

This is BETTER than stripping metadata silently by default because:

* it creates awareness for the issue with the user base.
* I do not have to remember for each application I work with, how it handles the problem. (I should not have to read through the docs for this!)
* thus I will not have to use third party tools to remove metadata each time i share a pic, when it is actually done by the main application anyway.
* last but not least, there are cases where it is better or even important to preserve metadata.

#foss #privacy #privacybydefault

RE: https://kamu.social/@JankaWessman/116288622141914350

I especially appreciate this point ~ that discontent is necessary as an indication that something needs attention. It’s the whole #symptoms are #messengers idea. If we just try to push #suffering away so we can be “normal” and functional, we might never understand the cause.

This is #dhamma territory for me. We need to build #distress #tolerance so we can turn toward pain ~ unless it is debilitating or causing harm of course ~ with wisdom and see the causes, not just the symptoms.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/tuesday-march-10-2026/

In my country the mass used #messengers are #viber #Facebook messenger and #WhatsApp - non of them is my fitst choice. I use #Threema for my family communication and #Signal for public use, unfortunately I am finding very difficult to convince others to use it.

How you tackle this?

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

🧵 👇

PUTIN SHUTS DOWN #YOUTUBE, MESSENGERS: #KREMLIN LOST CONTROL Vlog 1317: War in #Ukraine

A russian crackdown on the #Telegram and other #socialmedia apps risks damaging its own army, russian pro-war bloggers have warned, as the platform’s founder refused to bend to pressure from #Moscow. But #putin is desperate to hide his failures and fears nationwide protests can be organized using such #messengers.

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Долгожданный или как минимум давно обещанный эпизод подкаста про #Meshtastic готов!

https://p.skobk.in/@sporadic_podcast/episodes/ep06-meshtastic-feat-side2k

В нём мы с гостем говорим о том, что такое Meshtastic, какие у него могут быть кейсы применения у разных людей.

Здесь же обсуждаем какие готовые устройства типа "купил и пользуешься" стоит покупать, какие можно собрать из готовых компонентов самостоятельно и даже чуть-чуть говорим про полный самосбор для совсем отпетых железячников.

Гость выпуска: side2k

Камео диктором: @th3rdsergeevich

За информационную помощь и частичный факт-чек спасибо @iowoof, @rayslava и участникам чата Meshtastic_arkh.

Слушать выпуск можно:

• В подкастовых приложениях
  • Если у вас Apple - придётся добавить RSS-фид вручную
• В Castopod
• На YouTube
• В Яндекс.Музыке
• В СберЗвуке
• В Telegram
• И ещё в пачке сервисов-агрегаторов, которые используют открытые каталоги вроде Podcast Index

Если понравилось - можете поставить лайк и оставить комментарий на той платформе, где вы слушаете ну и репостнуть в федивёрсе.

Приятного прослушивания!

@rf
#Meshtastic #podcast #SporadicPodcast #hardware #soft #review #overview #HowTo #mesh #LoRa #radio #networking #p2p #decentralization #gadgets #messengers

Interesting other messengers - i like the idea of this Briar Messenger because you can message someone (who also has it installed, using Bluetooth) which is most useful. Although it only runs on Android and Desktop. I kinda reminds me of a bluetooth messenger from about ten years ago, though I can't remember what that was called, off hand.

https://briarproject.org/

#E2EE #Messengers #BriarProject #Briar

Threema Encrypted Messenger Service Sold to Private Equity Again

“Your encrypted messages sit on infrastructure controlled by a German private equity firm whose previous acquisitions include Cloud7 premium dog beds and The Tofoo Company.”

Right now there is no immediate problem or risk identified, but the situ ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/threema-encrypted-messenger-service-sold-to-private-equity-again/

#messengers #privacy #technology

Threema Encrypted Messenger Service Sold to Private Equity Again

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-651ff6ca-fe816113399d76ee

#BraveHeartSociety Issues Urgent Warning on #ArtificialIntelligence and #DataCenters

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Jan. 8, 2026

Excerpt: "#FaithSpottedEagle, #Ihanktonwan, delivered an urgent warning today about artificial intelligence and data centers, imperiling the future of our water.

" 'I come to you on this beautiful day with an urgent message. Many times in our past as #NativePeople various #messengers have come to warn us of frightening, hurtful invasions that are coming. There is one coming immediately -- and it is here and it is called artificial intelligence."

"Spotted Eagle said artificial intelligence is developing these data centers, and they are sounding the alarm, to all relatives, including the non-Native people, that this is really going to be the last blow to our land and water.

" 'It takes billions of water to run these data centers, and it is known to enhance cancer, it is just a multiple of dangers that are coming.'

" 'So our main concern is the unborn, we have to be at this point in history,' warned Spotted Eagle, director of the Women's #OhitikaOkodakiciye (Brave Heart Society) and chair of the Ihanktonwan Treaty Committee.

" 'Just like #ThomasBanyacya, #SittingBull, and #ChiefSeattle, they foresaw the future and we are seeing the future right this minute, and so we ask, implore you to join us, united together, as relatives as all races, to stop these data centers from stealing our water.'

" 'The invasion is coming again.'

"Speaking in an urgent video address today, #ElijahSmall, biologist for the Brave Heart Society, joined Spotted Eagle and described how the data centers bring an unbelievable harm to the communities.

" 'These data centers are energy consumptive. They warm the river water and dump that water back into our rivers and streams. This could have a profound effect on both the natural environment and the fish that we rely upon.' "

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/brave-heart-society-issues-urgent.html

#WaterIsLife #AI #AISucks #ReaderSupportedNews #NativeAmericanNews

I wrote about it in the past, but it still amuses me that people use email as messenger replacement, because that one time I tried to use it that way, my account was banned by the email provider. And I was sending a few messages per hour at most to the same address 😅 I only use email for website registration these days.

#lang_en #email #messengers

I used the LINE messenger for the very first time the other day. Downloaded from the official source, my goal was simple: a single, private chat with one person, which LINE claims is protected by End-to-End Encryption (E2EE).

Our "conversation" was minimal – mostly just test messages. One single contact.

A few days later, I log in to find my account has been temporarily (for how long? =)) blocked.

This raises a cognitive dissonance for me:

Promise vs. Reality: We're told E2EE means no one, not even the company, can read our chats. If that's true, on what basis was I blocked? I have to assume it's related to something in the chat, because I literally did nothing else in the app. But if it is E2EE, how could they know? Does this mean E2EE is just a marketing buzzword and monitoring is happening anyway? I'd genuinely like to know what the real factors are.

Absolute Opacity: This is the real issue. I received zero explanation. No email, no warning, not even a vague hint at which policy I "violated." And look, I'll be the first to admit I didn't read the 100-page Terms of Service – who does? But that's not the point. Even if I did technically violate some obscure rule, the core problem is the total lack of transparency. I was left with no idea, not even a guess, as to what happened. This opaque, black-box process is the real problem.

This situation is deeply concerning. What if I lived in a country like Japan, where LINE is the default, essential messenger? I'd just be cut off from my digital life without cause or appeal. And if this happens on LINE, what stops WhatsApp from doing the same? (And let's not even talk about Telegram, which is 100% cringe and a lost cause for privacy anyway).

My takeaway: To be honest, I went into this as an experiment, and this incident 100% confirmed my expectations.

This isn't just a LINE problem. We see it constantly from Big Tech like Meta and Google. They ban users, often with no explanation, because they have the full legal right to do so. We all agreed to this when we blindly clicked "accept" on their Terms of Service.

This is exactly why my advice is this: you must factor in this risk with all commercial messengers. When you use any private, centralized platform, you have to accept the fact that you can be denied service at any time, for any reason, and they don't even have to tell you why. That is the price of admission we all paid.

The promise of a "private chat" apparently doesn't include the guarantee of access to the platform itself.

#privacy #E2EE #LINE #messengers #transparency #BigTech #Meta #Google #ban #DigitalRights #PlatformRisk #ToS #experiment #FuckTelegram

"Фирменный сервис Apple для видеозвонков попал во внимание российских властей. В Госдуме говорят о росте числа мошеннических вызовов в нем.

Где-то это уже было

Шифрование – это вселенское зло

Как пишут РИА «Новости», Гаврилов прошелся и по сквозному шифрованию – технологии, которая очень сильно затрудняет перехват сообщений и вызовов в современных мессенджерах.

Facetime под прицелом?

Упоминание российскими чиновниками того или иного сервиса для текстового, голосового и видеообщения как в том или ином плане опасного для россиян, иногда ведет к их частичному или полному запрету."

Одни хотят запретить всё и вся, другие не запрещают, но хотят читать все сообщения, а цель одна - полный контроль над людьми, как будто это их собственность.

"Поддержка спорного законопроекта Chat Control, разработанного для борьбы с распространением материалов о сексуальном насилии над детьми (CSAM), по-прежнему сохраняется в Европейском союзе.

Законопроект, официально представленный как датская версия инициативы по сканированию сообщений на наличие противоправного контента, требует от всех мессенджеров обязательной проверки пользовательской переписки, включая шифрованные сообщения. Если документ будет утверждён, внедрение может стартовать уже в октябре 2025 года."

#messengers #блокировки

https://www.cnews.ru/news/top/2025-09-03_vladeltsam_iphone_prigotovitsya

https://www.securitylab.ru/news/563031.php

@rur @russian_mastodon @Russia

$What does the Mastodon community think about those FOS & decentralized messengers/protocols,let the old head from deepest ends of web know😀

#messengers #e2e #onlineprivacy

Кто может подсказать, правильно я понимаю. Если у меня вотсап зарегистрирован не на российский номер, а звонить я буду через российский провайдер моб интрнета, я смогу дозвониться даже без впн?

#whatsapp #messengers #messender

@rur @russian_mastodon @Russia

Ваш значимый "фаворит" из мессенджеров, что был удалён:
@rf @Russia #messengers

Переводчик для Slack

Привет, Хабр! Компания Lingvanex занимается машинным переводом с 2016 года и за это время убедилась, насколько сложным может быть «простой перевод текста». Мы разработали собственный технологический стек: нейросетевые модели, системы распознавания речи, API для перевода, офлайн-решения и модули интеграции для корпоративных приложений. Сегодня хочу рассказать о продукте, который появился как ответ на реальную и острую потребность наших пользователей — переводчик внутри Slack. Он помогает командам мгновенно понимать друг друга, даже если они говорят на разных языках. Это история о том, как мы встроили качественный машинный перевод в мессенджер и сделали так, чтобы все «просто работало». Расскажу, почему мы создали переводчик для Slack, как он работает, в чём его преимущества и в каких сценариях он может стать незаменимым инструментом для вашей команды.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/929528/

#slack #мессенджеры #переводчик #slack_bot #slack_бот #messengers #продуктивность #командная_работа #распределенные_команды #удаленка

Ab morgen streicht #WhatsApp den #Support für drei ältere #iPhones. Alle betroffenen #Smartphones von #Apple erfüllen nicht mehr die Mindestanforderung des #Messengers. https://winfuture.de/news,151274.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Still now, #Reddit is some kind of place of good responses and less misinformation. I wonder if it's the case because simple people don't know how it works. Maybe UI/UX is not everything. Sometimes software needs a sinking-in to use it, it excludes a range of spam and so.

Ya, ya voting out feature and community, sure, but still, I have the feeling that this could work out well. Also in terms of #Fedi or #messengers. If software is usable by a 5yo, you get 5yo-cognitive-lvl replies.

Thoughts?

Оказывается у #Briar помимо общеизвестного приложения есть ещё и четыре странных: Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars. Все весят ~3.5 МБ примерно.
Все 4 не пробовал, пока хватило одного из них - Earth. Испробовал там кажется всё, кроме установки этого скриншота креста на второй Андроид и тогда повключать снова там всякие вайфай, БТ и GPS... Почему говорю "скриншота"? Да потому, что это приложение и вело себя как скриншот, а ощущал себя в качестве дурака, включающего на девайсе разные службы и тыча в этот скриншот пальцем в надежде, что чудо всё-таки произойдёт. Но чуда на моем #Android 10 не произошло, немного поржал и удалил эти странные обои.
Если кто хочет попробовать эти 4 безопасных мессенджера от "Briar Project" для #p2p , #mesh , офлайн-чата и чего-то ещё и не смущает перспектива почувствовать себя идиотом, тыкающим пальцем в обои - милости прошу!😀 Может это просто у меня эти лыжи не поехали, но пробовать все 4 пары за раз я пока не готов)
#programming #messengers #lang_ru @ru @rf