On 21/06/13 19:22, Brian May wrote: > On 21/06/2013 6:51 PM, "Ben Finney" <ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> > wrote: >> I wasn't specific enough here: I mean “which services are good to >> recommend”, i.e. recommendations to give to people who aren't going to >> set up their own server softweare but want an existing, hosted service >> where they can get an XMPP account. > > I use jabber.org.au > > See https://jabber.org.au/ from memory.
I run my own XMPP server (ejabber), but I have people on my roster that use the DuckDuckGo XMPP servers at dukgo.com. Setup instructions here: https://dukgo.com/blog/using-pidgin-with-xmpp-jabber Information about the privacy policy in place (which appears to be one of the best) down the bottom of this post: https://dukgo.com/blog/xmpp-services-at-duckduckgo I feel that having a well thought-out privacy policy is very important, particularly for a communications service - and it's something that jabber.org.au seems to lack. There are two concerns I have with DuckDuckGo's XMPP offering however: 1. DuckDuckGo is a US company. If they aren't logging anything and you trust the encryption in place, that perhaps may not be too concerning. 2. The DuckDuckGo XMPP service uses a self-signed certificate, and no fingerprint is provided. This would seem to introduce some risk of a man in the middle attack. Due to concern 2, I find DuckDuckGo currently difficult to recommend (but I don't know anything better to suggest). Hopefully they sort it out soon. -Adam
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