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chat.phryk.netalpha
Take refuge and communicate
- Securely
- Anonymously
- Freely
On chat.phryk.net!
Henlo and the bestest of welcomes to chat.phryk.net!
Here, a dedicated team of raccoons from phryk evil mad sciences, LLC
offers free and secure communication for leftiststerrorists
in the form of a pretty damn spiffy XMPP service.
XM–WHAT now?
XMPP – eXtensible Messaging & Presence Protocol – refers to the technical specification underlying this service.
No worries if you're not a techie, there's no need to know about the nitty-gritty specifics, but there are a few key qualities you should know about because they explain why we advocate the use of XMPP for secure communications between lefties.
Some of this might seem boring – and maybe it is – but in an age of ubiquitous surveillance you can't really afford not knowing this shit if you want to make informed decisions.
- Support for multiple types of strong End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
- Decentralized
- Free & Open standard
- Extensible
- Not bound to established unique personal identifiers
- Wide array of software using it
- XMPP software covers pretty much any system imaginable
- We can basically guarantee someone ran this on a toaster
- We're only half-joking, someone probably actually did.
- We can basically guarantee someone ran this on a toaster
- XMPP software covers pretty much any system imaginable
If you want a more detailed explanation of these points, feel free to partake in the consumption of our text [X as in Freedom: Why leftists have ample reason to use XMPP].
Features, features, features!
- Messaging with other users on this or any other reasonably secure server in the wider XMPP network
- Chatrooms
- File transfers
- STUN/TURN NAT traversal to support audio/video chats
- End-to-End Encryption enforcement
- Mobile connectivity optimizations
- Non-leaky push notifications
- Support for parallel logins with message synchronization
- Ephemeral message archive – messages are deleted after one week
- Browser client in case you can't install apps/programs
- Web-based invites to onboard our comrades. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- 100% score on compliance.conversations.im!
- Fully IPv6-enabled
- Free & Open-Source Prosody on a Free & Open-Source FreeBSD on disks encrypted with AES-256
Okay, cool – what do I need?
If you have an invite to this service – nothing! Just go through the invitation process and you'll get logged onto the service right here in your browser.
Otherwise, you mostly need an XMPP client, mostly.
We say mostly, because this service is currently invite-only – but don't worry, XMPP still has you covered with lots of servers. You can take a look at the Server Directory at the IM Observatory to see if anything listed there strikes your fancy. Personally, we deem jabber.systemli.org and jabber.ccc.de trustworthy but audio/video chat might not work properly.
An XMPP client is the program used to communicate through an XMPP service.
We do offer a in-browser access if you can't install a client on your device or are still undecided, but we very strongly recommend going native – and we have a few recommendations.
All of these are Free & Open-Source Software and support the OMEMO E2EE standard, which has quickly become the most popular E2EE scheme in the XMPP ecosystem.
| Platform | Client | E2EE for File Uploads | E2EE for Chatrooms | E2EE for audio/video chats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android | Conversations | YES, UNVERIFIED | YES, UNVERIFIED | YES, UNVERIFIED |
| iOS | Siskin | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED |
| macOS | Beagle | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED |
| Linux, BSD | Dino | YES, UNVERIFIED | YES, UNVERIFIED | NO, UNVERIFIED |
| Windows, Linux, BSD, macOS | Gajim | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED |
After installing one of these, it's simple – just enter your JID
(<yourname>@phryk.net) and password and start chatting!