Only for non-commercial use:
My personal email provider is #INBerlin e.V.
Works well for me since the early 1990s 🙂
Cheapest option is 5 €/month:
https://in-berlin.de/provider/shared-hosting/
But you can have multiple mailboxes/users and many more services are included, such as #Jabber/#XMPP #instantMessaging.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Network_Berlin
If you prefer a commercial provider, @mailbox_org is best, as they also include Jabber. Posteo is OK, too.
I hope, that free and federated #instantMessaging will dominate at some point, no matter which one.
My personal favourite is #Jabber/#XMPP, because
1. I consider it more versatile (even universal) than other approaches. E.g. my company does IoT based on it. There are also social apps like #Movim and #Libervia or professional team chat like #Prose.
2. It is used in huge (unfortunately proprietary) setups already, e.g. Google FCM, Zoom, Fornite, Grindr…
#Reminder: It's good to aim for #digitalIndependence and #digitalSovereignty for people in the #EU. But all humankind must have the same rights.
Arguing that e.g. Threema (CH, DE) were better than Signal (US) in this respect is therefore slightly misleading. It only replaces one #privileged area of our planet with a different one.
Only free and federated messengers provide equal rights to all regarding #instantMessaging.
J'utlise Session Messenger : c'est une messagerie sûre basée en Suisse et développée par une equipe australienne.
Rejoignez-moi :
050ef9ba7004afea6914db5b3c3fa53469d3ceff120cf5268d1c01e9147ac0921d
https://getsession.org/download
Session est une messagerie instantanée cryptée de bout en bout qui protège vos données privées. Il s'agit d'une application décentralisée conçue, développée et exploitée par une communauté mondiale d'experts en confidentialité.
We need to switch to European based tech ,
Wir müssen auf europäische Technologie umsteigen.
#Session #Threema #Olvid #instantmessaging
@rl_dane @pfr I use #Teams at #work daily.
It's clearly designed by committee, taking the worst aspects of #instantmessaging, #filesharing, #collaboration, and #voip and then putting it thru a blender and then dumped into an .exe.
Granted, it is deeply integrated into #Microsoft #Windows but it's equally awful in a web browser.
BlueBubbles: Server solution forwards iMessages to Android
Apple continues to make its communication service iMessage accessible only on its own devices. The open-source project BlueBubbles aims to change that.
#Android #Apple #iMessage #InstantMessaging #iOS #IT #Linux #macOS #Mobiles #OpenSource #Windows #news
BlueBubbles: Serverlösung leitet iMessages an Android weiter
Apple macht seinen Kommunikationsdienst iMessage nach wie vor nur auf eigenen Geräten zugänglich. Das Open-Source-Vorhaben BlueBubbles will das ändern.
#Android #Apple #iMessage #InstantMessaging #iOS #IT #Linux #macOS #Mobiles #OpenSource #Windows #news
@Catelli actually, #email (#SMTP + #IMAP) can totally be used for #InstantMessaging it is not the protocols it is the specific email providers and "big fishes" like #gmail and #Outlook the ones that put extra limitations on top like graylisting etc. with #ArcaneChat and #DeltaChat you can have sub-second (#ENCRYPTED) email delivery
Any suggestions for a replacement for AWS SNS for SMS messages tied to our self-hosted server monitoring?
Pluralistic: Catch this! (16 Jan 2026)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/16/interrupt-driven/
Briar Messenger does something similar it has three modes Internet (Tor) WiFi and Bluetooth, WiFi and Bluetooth can apparently be used to create mesh networks in crowds even when the internet is out
Meshtastic also does something similar but requires a custom lora radio node to be in range and basically only has the bandwidth for texting
of course both FLOSS and E2EE
#BriarMessenger #Meshtastic #FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #Security #InstantMessaging #Tor #MeshNetwork
Закопайте уже #WhatsApp, более пяти лет достоверно известно как много оно собирает данных о пользователях. Являясь «длинной рукой» для #Facebook, позволяя дотянуться до происходящего на тех устройствах, на которых пользователи не желают ставить какой-либо его софт.
Под капотом у WhatsApp обычный xmpp и уйти на свой собственный xmpp это вполне разумно. На первых порах, можно выбрать какой-то уже поднятый сервер.
https://jabberworld.info/servers/
https://www.jabberes.org/servers/servers_by_times_online/index.html
https://providers.xmpp.net/
Федерация
Если имеются опасения, не будет ли одиноко стоящий сервер вещью в себе, то вот по этому URL'у можно посмотреть связность xmpp-сети или федерации https://xmppnetwork.goodbytes.im/?focus=xmpp.org
Подставляя вместо xmpp.org интересующий север.
Судя по графике довольно много xmpp-серверов, которые скрывают данные о себе. В тоже время сеть довольно приличная по размерам.
Хотя, если же смотреть относительно jabber.ru, то и не особо много узлов. Может компетентные люди расскажут почему так.
Есть там же и такие варианты отображения:
https://xmppnetwork.goodbytes.im/webgl.html
https://xmppnetwork.goodbytes.im/3d.html
Сквозное шифрование #e2ee
Предоставляется в xmpp через #OMEMO, ровно такое же как в WhatsApp, по такому же протоколу\схеме.
Вот тут список xmpp-клиентов c поддержкой такового.
Давно уже никаких OpenPGP, GnuPGP и т.п. GPG не требуется для шифрования сообщений в xmpp-клиентах. Шифрование через OMEMO гораздо удобнее, безопаснее и современнее (пришло на замену #OTR, столь любимому шифропанками).
#messengers #instant-messaging #instant-messages #xmpp #jabber @Russia@3zi.ru @rur@social.sley.nl
Telegram Adds Passkey Support, Still Requires Phone Number
WhatsApp Clone... But Decentralized and P2P Encrypted (No Install or Signup)
The following is a technical breakdown of progress and how it works.
https://programming.dev/c/SecureComs@lemmy.ml
#P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging
27th Birthday of #XMPP (formerly named #Jabber)! It is the date of #JeremieMiller announcement on #Slashdot! #OpenStandard #InstantMessaging #RealTimeText #CommunicationProtocol #IETF #InternetEngineeringTaskForce
https://slashdot.org/story/99/01/04/1621211/open-real-time-messaging-system
Happy Birthday to #InstantMessaging and #RealTimeCommunication with #XMPP!
Emerged from the #Jabber #community in 1999 and originally designed to provide an open and #decentralised alternative to #ICQ and #MSN, XMPP evolved to an independent alternative for todays #chat apps.
#rtc #whatsapp #signal
How-To Geek: Pretend it’s 1998 with this functional AOL Instant Messenger clone. “Instant messaging apps today just don’t have the same charm as the OGs. Some are a bloated mess of read receipts and stickers, while others are super minimal and boring. Inspired by AOL Instant Messenger, a 15-year-old UI designer wanted to change that. He built a throwback to early messaging apps, complete […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/03/how-to-geek-pretend-its-1998-with-this-functional-aol-instant-messenger-clone/You like Signal for it's outstanding #confidentiality? Fine!
You like Threema, since it's safe, it's from #Switzerland, and #ElsbethSigmund as #Heidi was your #childhoodCrush? Great!
You like Whatsapp, because your friends are there? I don't blame you!
But 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 don't claim, that any of those #centralServices would support #digitalAutonomy, #digitalIndependence, #digitalSovereignty. They have their merits, but they still are #walledGardens.
Wondering how real‑time chat can supercharge your team's collaboration and engagement? Our latest post breaks down the shift to instant messaging, the productivity perks, and practical steps to integrate it safely. Dive in and see how to make conversations count! 👉 Read more in the blog.
