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Señor Mono

New version of the guide for change (I'm not the author)

feddit.org/post/9337207

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Valmond

Is it possible to set up a signal server, or is it not completely FOSS?

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@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.

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Valmond

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

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@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:

eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eu-d

Electronic Frontier Foundation · The EU Digital Markets Act’s Interoperability Rule Addresses An Important Need, But Raises Difficult Security Problems for Encrypted MessagingThe European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) allows new messaging services to demand interoperability (the ability to exchange messages) from the internet's largest messaging services (like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage). Interoperability is an important tool to promote competition...
Mar 20, 2025, 10:31 AM·Public·Web
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Chuckles ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦❤️

@ueeu @Valmond @jerkface now that the EC has begun to flex some muscles we might see something more than endlessly appealed "fines" and get down to brass tacks

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Angela Scholder

@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?

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