From ea0433243bb6126b6ce9c4c574eed026cff8026d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: He4eT Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 01:03:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] posts: encrypted_XMPP: update draft --- src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md b/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md index 94d4f76..53671a7 100644 --- a/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md +++ b/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ That’s when I realized that I prefer protocols over services. I didn’t have much success back then, but fortunately, XMPP (and I hope I have too) has continued moving forward over the past two decades. -It has developed slowly, sometimes awkwardly, but still. +It has developed slowly, sometimes awkwardly, but steadily. Here I won’t talk about why XMPP is great or how to use it. You can check @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ aren’t available on desktop at all, and so on. All commercial so-called "secure" messengers, like Signal or WhatsApp, -end up with pretty much the same limitations, +end up with pretty similar limitations, because it's tricky to make end-to-end encrypted chats work the way users expect. @@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ convenience or user expectations. Many XMPP clients let you do almost anything you’re trying to do. Sometimes it’s clunky and unintuitive, sometimes it’s the kind of freedom that lets you shoot yourself in the foot. +At the end of the day, you’d better understand what you’re doing. -It might sound messy, but XMPP actually -gives you a lot of handy features. -Your chats are secured with Signal-grade end-to-end encryption, +It might sound messy, but for that price, XMPP actually +gives you a lot of handy features: +your chats are secured with Signal-grade end-to-end encryption, and you can use as many devices as you want, all at the same time, -without being tied to any single service. +without being tied to any proprietary service. This post is here to show how to use it intentionally and safely. In general, the XMPP experience today From 05ac85af41b3e156b0489d77405ce743b2e5035f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: He4eT Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 01:05:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] posts: encrypted_XMPP: update draft --- src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md b/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md index 53671a7..ae4eb8c 100644 --- a/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md +++ b/src/pages/posts/2026/encrypted_XMPP.md @@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ This post is here to show how to use it intentionally and safely. In general, the XMPP experience today could be described as a "WhatsApp with benefits and frictions". -It's kinda funny, considering that WhatsApp’s protocol +It's kinda ironic, considering that WhatsApp’s protocol is actually based on XMPP, but incompatibly altered and defederated.