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Charlotte Aten

Getting started with XMPP/Jabber and PGP for federated, encrypted messaging

This is a short thread where I explain how I started using the XMPP protocol and PGP encryption for secure messaging. I am not a security expert, but I am a mathematician and I am confortable with the Linux command line. This guide is for people who want to use PGP for secure messaging easily. You will need to be okay with typing commands into the Linux command line in order to do this, but I will tell you exactly what to enter.

Part 1: XMPP

Mastodon is like email, but for social media. You sign up for an account with a server, and then you can talk with any other accounts that are signed up on other servers, as long as your servers are getting along. (No one wants emails from the sketchy spam server, and we want to be able to choose between Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber) is the same thing for text messaging.

Just like signing up for an email/Mastodon account, you need to sign up for an account. You can find a list of servers at list.jabber.at/ and will probably at least need to provide an email addess when making an account.

Once you have made an account, you need a client. On Linux, I've been having a good time using Dino (dino.im/). You can then enter your account name and password to log into your XMPP account and start chatting! There are both public rooms and you can also message directly with your friends.

#security #PGP #XMPP #FOSS #Jabber #Dino #MonoclesChat

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Nova

I'd already begun my journey into transforming my online experience: data security, supporting ethical software/services, right to repair, degoogling, federation, etc. (May make ACCESSIBLE guides?)
But today was a big milestone for me because I've done something that, in it's current form (possibly on purpose), is pretty frustrating and inaccessible. I'd been eyeing PGP encryption for a variety functional and philosophical reasons (eg the creator was #punk ).
So I finally figured out how to make encryption keys, exchanged public keys with contacts, joined an XMPP server (XMPP is a similar federated protocol to email but with an SMS/text feel), downloaded DINO, a GUI (graphical user interface for Linux that does XMPP communication AND supports PGP encryption), signed in, subscribed to my contacts so we could enable PGP-encrypted communication, and started chatting.
Now, I can breathe and freely communicate knowing my messages are the most secure they've ever been.

#PGP#DINO#XMPP
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sven_md

spongebob got them at mrs. puff's boating-school too

#charts to #print :
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#motivation
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#dots
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#reward #panda #bamboo #green #jungle
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#mermaid #swimming #underwater #luca
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#princess #fairy #fairytale #fairytales #wizard #wizards #mystic
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#dino #roar #dinosaur
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