Notices tagged with jami

@rysiek
> I am more interested in Briar

Speaking of full #P2P, have you looked at #Jami (formerly #Ring)? I've successfully made one-to-one voice calls on it, and I believe they're currently working on group calls. Not great for delayed delivery of text messages yet though.

@noorul I can't wait until I can say "use #Jami"! I have had one pretty good experience using it for a one-to-one voice call. But it's going to be a while before it has feature parity with chat apps like Signal or Wire. The ability to deliver text messages when one contact is offline is a pretty basic feature that is still missing.

#Jami (formerly #Ring and still a #GNU package) is a #P2P chat app, but up until recently the project has maintained a centralized service for associating human-readable usernames with the unique hash codes the app uses as addresses. That service uses #SmartConstracts on the #Ethereum #blockchain, and they've recently modified it to allow other operators to run nodes, so the name service can be distributed too. Great stuff!
https://jami.net/the-jami-blockchain-switches-from-proof-of-work-to-proof-of-authority/

@noorul probably the main #UX different I've noticed between #Jami and other chat apps is that text messaging is not asynchronous. In other words, you can only text chat with other users when you are online and logged into Jami at the same time. My understanding is that asynchronous messaging is on the dev #roadmap, but won't be added any time soon.
@AmarOk

@AmarOk do you know what's happening with the #Ring #PPA with the name change to #Jami? Do I need to change to a new PPA? If so, do I need to uninstall, and reinstall?

@kawaiipunk I've been thinking about these for years, like #Serval, #GNU #Jami (formerly #Ring), #Tox, and others. But I struggle to find people to test them with, and when a "secure" chat app only has clients for iOS and Android, I struggle to take them seriously.
@bob @gentoorebel @noorul

@bikecurious AFAIK #GNU #Jami (formerly #Ring) is a serverless/ #P2P app, not a #SIP client. However, I do seem to have a knowledge gap when it comes to the relationship between SIP and #WebRTC. Any good links for filling that gap?
@gentoorebel @noorul @fdroidorg @finn @clacke

@greenjon if you want a similar service to Signal that isn't US-based, is planning to implement server>server federation, and is more friendly to the software freedom movement, I suggest trying #Wire. #GNU #Jami (formerly #Ring) is also worth a try, but much less user-friendly (at least last time I tried it).

@switchingsocial I know you've addressed this in your FAQ but I really want to challenge not listing #Wire on your list of messenger apps. It's much easier for non-technical people to understand and use than #Jami / #Ring (I've got my family using Wire with me). Also, unlike Signal, Wire can be used without supplying a phone number, and they have plans to implement server>server federation:
https://github.com/wireapp/wire/issues/160#issuecomment-446551908

♲ @switchingsocial@diaspora.town:

#Jami is a free open source privacy-conscious alternative to Skype. Jami has no servers and instead uses peer-to-peer connections, calls are end-to-end encrypted with personal data stored only on the devices making the call.