[smc-discuss] [x-post] Time to switch to Kontalk

[Pirate Praveen]

Now the trick is to bring your friends over. Share apk over bluetooth and tell them this is the new WhatsApp.

On 2015, ആഗസ്റ്റ് 4 10:27:10 PM IST, Shanavas <shanavas.m2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>I installed it. But feeling alone :'(
>
>On August 3, 2015 11:37:02 PM GMT+05:30, Pirate Praveen
><praveen at onenetbeyond.org> wrote:
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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
>>
>>
>>
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