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  • Just as a warning, this is licensed under the AGPL, with a CLA that requires copyright assignment. So, they could pull the rug at any time:

    2.3 Outbound License. Based on the grant of rights in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, if We include Your Contribution in a Material, We may license the Contribution under any license, including copyleft, permissive, commercial, or proprietary licenses.





  • ambitiousslab@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.mlAll Proton Drive apps are now open source
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    2 months ago

    Any new open source software is always a net positive.

    But, there are a few small caveats to the way they’ve done it (depending on how cynical/cautious you are):

    • Because Proton are not accepting contributions, they own all the copyright, so can make the code closed source again if they want to (that wouldn’t affect the already released versions, but future versions)
    • They could likely take down any derivative on iOS, since Apple will always take instruction from the copyright holder, for GPL’d code
    • Since the builds are not reproducible, there’s no guarantee that the binaries they distribute are built from the source code





  • ambitiousslab@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.mlHow I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account
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    4 months ago

    How I Got a Truly Anonymous XMPP Account:

    • Open my client (e.g. Conversations, Monal, Dino)
    • Pick a random server, username and password
    • Click register

    Sorry, it’s a cheap joke, but it still baffles me that Signal requires a phone number, so I felt I had to post it :)

    Of course, this is not XMPP-specific either, just my protocol of choice, there are many other open alternatives that also offer such functionality.





  • I’ve had good fortune converting some family and friends to use XMPP.

    People always mention fragmentation, and while there is some truth to it, it can be massively minimised by choosing blessed clients and servers for them to use.

    In my case, I run my own server, and thoroughly test the clients (especially the onboarding flow) that I expect them to use, so that any question they have, I can help them out with quickly. Since we’re all on identically configured servers, it minimises one whole class of incompatibilities.

    There is still unfortunately a bit of a usability gap compared to Signal - particularly on the iOS clients. But they have come a long way and are consistently improving.