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New version of the guide for change (I'm not the author) (i.postimg.cc)

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[–] ueeu@social.vivaldi.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

@Valmond @SrMono

If you want to selfhost your own messenger, you can with Matrix or XMPP. XMPP, for ex, is the protocol used by WhatsApp.

Edited: removed Signal. Actually it seems it's the encryption tool (OMEMO) for XMPP that is based on Signal protocol.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

XMPP, for ex, is the protocol used by WhatsApp and Signal.

Whaaaa, really??

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Would my friends on signal be able to connect to that?

[–] ueeu@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

@Valmond @jerkface

Maybe we're wrong but for the moment they're not interoperable.

But the new European DMA regulation requires platforms to be interoperable. Meta and Apple are obliged now to open up their apps to communicate with smaller rival apps such as Signal. Apps using XMPP may be allowed to communicate with other apps in the future, although this seems to pose some security risks.

Some information about the requirement for interoperability between messengers:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eu-digital-markets-acts-interoperability-rule-addresses-important-need-raises

[–] AngelaScholder@mastodon.energy 1 points 10 months ago

@ueeu @Valmond @jerkface And I'm definitely not in favour of interoperability for a lot of things.

If I don't want to be on WhatsApp, Messenger, Threads, or whatever, why would I want my Signal messages to end up there?