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=== Newsletter subject/title ===
=== Everyone go for decentralization - no joke! 01 Apr 2020 ===


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=== Intro ===
=== Intro ===


Welcome to the XMPP newsletter covering the month of April 2020.
Welcome to the XMPP newsletter covering the month of February and March 2020.


Help us sustain this as a community effort, which [https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/News_and_Articles_for_the_next_XMPP_Newsletter process is fully documented].
We had a big delay releasing and finalizing the February release of the XMPP Newsletter. So the decision was made to combine both into this version - apologies!
 
Anyway, we are always happy to contributors - just come along and talk to us in the [Comm-Team MUC xmpp:commteam@muc.xmpp.org?join] and thereby help us sustain this as a community effort, which [https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/News_and_Articles_for_the_next_XMPP_Newsletter process is fully documented].


Subscribe by email:
Subscribe by email:
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=== Articles ===
=== Articles ===


> Turns out Grindr uses #XMPP for their in-app chat. https://mastodon.xyz/@jcbrand/103757814572529323
A nice and short summary about XMPP - en [https://www.altaruru.com/que-es-xmpp/ español]!
 
Marvin Schirrmacher [https://medium.com/@schirrmacher/analyzing-whatsapp-calls-176a9e776213 analysed WhatsApp's VoIP protocol]. He extracted cryptographic keys and also showed that code obscurity does not finally protect against attackers. Further readings on GitHub [https://github.com/schirrmacher/files/blob/master/WhatsApp%20VoIP%20Protocol.pdf here], [https://github.com/schirrmacher/files/blob/master/WhatsApp here] and [https://github.com/schirrmacher/files/blob/master/WhatsAppCore here].
 
[https://www.behoerden-spiegel.de/2020/02/12/mobile-kommunikation-zeitgemaess-und-rechtskonform/ Mobile Kommunikation: zeitgemäß und rechtskonform] German article about mobile communication in authorities mentioning MOKA/XMPP.
 
Daniel Gultsch (iNPUTmice) [http://nitter.net/iNPUTmice/status/1228950491805167617#m published several posts] commenting on the situation on OMEMO initial vectors.
 
A discussion (Spanish) on Quey compared the [https://quey.org/@GatoOscuro/103685251805747041 performance of XMPP and Matrix]. Seems that XMPP outperforms easily!
 
Liz Flynn scheduled a [https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/mls/history/ notification for IETF-107] for Messaging Layer Security (MLS). You can read the current architecture draft [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mls-architecture/ here].
 
After a recent [https://www.dw.com/en/whatsapp-security-flaw-over-60000-groups-still-accessible-online/a-52543414 secruity flaw in WhatsApp groups], the FSFE recommends XMPP as [https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200228-01.en.html decentral and open alternative amd solution]. The XSF tweeted about this already.
 
debxwoody has started to build a [https://xmpp-messenger.de/index.html place for German users of XMPP] including social media, mailing list, homepage and a blog. He is calling for supporters!
 
After the Prosody team [https://blog.prosody.im/introducing-snikket/ released Snikket], Alexander Gnauck explains how to run it on your [https://www.ag-software.net/2020/02/28/run-snikket-on-your-nas/ NAS].
 
Sam Whited wrote about the [https://blog.samwhited.com/2020/02/extensions-in-mellium/ Go XMPP library].
 
Turns out [Grindr uses #XMPP for their in-app chat https://mastodon.xyz/@jcbrand/103757814572529323]


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==== Newsletter translations ====
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Report from Sprints DU and BER
Report from Sprints DU and BER
https://hackmd.syndace.com/s/r1fNElZSL#


=== Software releases ===
=== Software releases ===
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==== Servers ====
==== Servers ====


https://blog.process-one.net/xmpp-notifer-v1-0-0/
ProcessOne released their [xmpp-notifer v1.0.0 https://blog.process-one.net/xmpp-notifer-v1-0-0/] which allows to send notification to XMPP.
 
https://blog.process-one.net/go-xmpp-v0-5-0/


==== Clients and applications ====
==== Clients and applications ====
https://monal.im/blog/new-mac-and-ios-betas-2/
https://tigase.net/beagleim-3.7-and-siskin-5.7-released/


==== Libraries ====
==== Libraries ====


=== Other ===
=== Other ===
https://github.com/xsf/xeps/pull/903


=== Services ===
=== Services ===


=== GSoC ===
=== GSoC ===
> Students Apply
> Deadline March 31, 2020 at 20:00
> Students can register and submit their applications to mentor organizations.
> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/


=== Extensions and specifications ===
=== Extensions and specifications ===

Revision as of 20:37, 28 March 2020

Status:

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  • Newsletter: WIP
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Warning: this wiki page does not represent the final edits

Everyone go for decentralization - no joke! 01 Apr 2020

[ Friendly, human introduction for the month (remove this mention before publishing) ]

Intro

Welcome to the XMPP newsletter covering the month of February and March 2020.

We had a big delay releasing and finalizing the February release of the XMPP Newsletter. So the decision was made to combine both into this version - apologies!

Anyway, we are always happy to contributors - just come along and talk to us in the [Comm-Team MUC xmpp:commteam@muc.xmpp.org?join] and thereby help us sustain this as a community effort, which process is fully documented.

Subscribe by email: https://tinyletter.com/xmpp

Articles

A nice and short summary about XMPP - en español!

Marvin Schirrmacher analysed WhatsApp's VoIP protocol. He extracted cryptographic keys and also showed that code obscurity does not finally protect against attackers. Further readings on GitHub here, here and here.

Mobile Kommunikation: zeitgemäß und rechtskonform German article about mobile communication in authorities mentioning MOKA/XMPP.

Daniel Gultsch (iNPUTmice) published several posts commenting on the situation on OMEMO initial vectors.

A discussion (Spanish) on Quey compared the performance of XMPP and Matrix. Seems that XMPP outperforms easily!

Liz Flynn scheduled a notification for IETF-107 for Messaging Layer Security (MLS). You can read the current architecture draft here.

After a recent secruity flaw in WhatsApp groups, the FSFE recommends XMPP as decentral and open alternative amd solution. The XSF tweeted about this already.

debxwoody has started to build a place for German users of XMPP including social media, mailing list, homepage and a blog. He is calling for supporters!

After the Prosody team released Snikket, Alexander Gnauck explains how to run it on your NAS.

Sam Whited wrote about the Go XMPP library.

Turns out [Grindr uses #XMPP for their in-app chat https://mastodon.xyz/@jcbrand/103757814572529323]

Newsletter translations

Videos

Tutorials

Events

Report from Sprints DU and BER https://hackmd.syndace.com/s/r1fNElZSL#

Software releases

Servers

ProcessOne released their [xmpp-notifer v1.0.0 https://blog.process-one.net/xmpp-notifer-v1-0-0/] which allows to send notification to XMPP.

https://blog.process-one.net/go-xmpp-v0-5-0/

Clients and applications

https://monal.im/blog/new-mac-and-ios-betas-2/ https://tigase.net/beagleim-3.7-and-siskin-5.7-released/

Libraries

Other

https://github.com/xsf/xeps/pull/903

Services

GSoC

> Students Apply > Deadline March 31, 2020 at 20:00 > Students can register and submit their applications to mentor organizations. > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

Extensions and specifications

Deferred

Proposed

New

Updated

Obsoleted

Last Call

Thanks all!

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