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Questions for the XMPP users. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by roomy@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Ive been using Signal for a while but always had a thought that i should move away from it. Ive looked into XMPP and had some questions.

Does the provider matter, what one?

Once i join a provider, am i restricted to their groups only, or can i join groups outside it?

Can i private/direct message users without setting up my own private provider?

Im sorry if this is not the place to ask, or if my questions are dumb, im just confused how the whole XMPP thing works since i dont have anyone to test it out. Thank you.

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Provider doesn't matter. I'm paying $6/mo for a Snikket instance, and $5/mo for a phone number from jmp.chat.
You can use any of them, Jabber, conversations, Snikket, cheogram, Prosody, etc. Xmpp works regardless of host. You could host your own and so task to people from other servers, it's almost like an email address or how Lemmy instances can see and talk.
Correct, you don't have to host your own server, but like I said I do for friends and family.

You could test it out if you like, most servers have free sign ups. Cheogram I think lists several that're open too. You can text other xmpp users as well as SMS-though be mindful no encryption is used for SMS. Just TLS but that's obv not e2ee.

[–] roomy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Awesome, thank you. It gets a lot more in-depth than i though, i saw thay you can even use a HAM radio for XMPP xD

https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/XMPP_trials