in-line :- On 8/3/15, Pirate Praveen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks,
Dear Praveen, > Finally we have a drop in replacement for WhatsApp that we can recommend > to anyone (Telegram server was never Free Software, though I heard they > are going to release it soon), its Kontalk. See kontalk.org > > There is also TextSecure which almost as good, just that its developers > insist on using Google Cloud Messaging for supporting push messages. > > Both of these options are Free Software, decentralized, and end to end > encrypted. > > Kontalk, > > First option, no corporate dependency, built on top of xmpp standard (so > can interact with any existing xmpp accounts, though it still needs some > more polishing) and run by community. We can run our on kontalk server > and we hope to run kontalk servers on diasp.in and poddery.com soon > (currently we run prosody xmpp server for diaspora and once we can > switch to tigase, same server can serve both kontalk and diaspora. see > https://projects.tigase.org/issues/3333). > > The only missing feature is groups, but it is under development and > we'll have it pretty soon. > https://github.com/kontalk/androidclient/issues/179 (expected for 3.0.5 > or 3.1, current version is 3.0.2) > > You'll need android for registering to kontalk for now. Once you have an > account, you can use it on the desktop/laptop. Wish we could register via desktop/laptop too. Good to see you are packaging it as well :- https://github.com/kontalk/desktopclient-java/issues/23 https://github.com/kontalk/desktopclient-java/issues/49 > TextSecure, > > Second option, still needs google cloud messaging. It has an iOS version > and browser extension is under development. It is available by default > on CyanogenMod. > > So if you have an android phone, install it and share it with your friends. > > Thanks > Praveen -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
