Finally finished moving all my two factor authentication accounts to TOTP app and can now uninstall Authy!

You can run it in Delta Chat, Monocles and Cheogram. It works nicely on multi-device and therefore codes are backed up and available across devices.

Some of the services that work fine:

- codeberg
- mastodon
- github
- npm
- microsoft

https://webxdc.org/apps/#rtn-totp

Hey #fedifriends for my personal business rather than buy another phone and another sim I decided to try out #jmpchat and I was really impressed.

I got a phone number, it works through their app: #cheogram, I messed up at the beginning but you can reach them through the same app I fixed everything in minutes.

It receive and make calls out of the box through #xmpp their service is based on #opensource software.

I must thanks Noa of #aksnoa show cause I heard about it on his podcast, and he was right.

You get a second number for $5 monthly, it uses your carrier data and nowadays all the majorities of the plan offer unlimited data, it is more convenient than a real second line.

Even though my new number is not ringing yet, I'd like the idea that you can turn off the service at your please.

The only limitation, but I consider a feature, is you cannot use that number with other famous messagging apps because they require a real sim number, hower cheogram is well integrated into #android and if I am able to convince my prospect customers to get an xmpp account we could do more like videoconferencing etc...

Really recommended!

There are sometimes discussions about an end-to-end encrypted private social media e-mail chat network Basically you could follow delta chat profiles and subscribe and probably react to their encrypted broadcasts ....

This and many other discussions are the "humus" on which #deltachat evolves and, for example, became a super-app: Android 1.50.3 spearheads direct #webxdc app picking via the "attach" chat action. Actually #cheogram and #monocles, both #xmpp messengers, released this first!

Cheogram.
This is a fork of Conversations to implement features of use to the Sopranica project.

The #Cheogram #Android app allows you to join a worldwide communication network. It especially focuses on features useful to users who want to contact those on other networks as well, such as SMS-enabled phone numbers.
https://cheogram.com/
#Jabber #XMPP

Seems like #Cheogram went the route of just pretending they upload the contact list to satisfy Google Play requirements.¹

I get why they are doing this. I've contemplated doing this myself but I’m absolutely not convinced that pretending your app is worse than it is is the right strategy here. Especially because the overwhelming majority of our users are not following us on social media and thus don’t have the context for why we would do this.

¹: https://blog.jmp.chat/b/march-newsletter-2024

I like #Wordle, but one of the things that bothers me about it is that it's centralized, so that the New York Times can try to track you and push you into accepting arbitrary terms and conditions. But one of the benefits of centralized Wordle is that it makes it easy to make it a more social game; each day, people get the same word to guess as each other, and they can compare scores and celebrate or commiserate with each other.

But while centralization makes it easier, it isn't necessary for the social aspect.

Yesterday, I discovered #Reactle, a #webXDC app, which you can play in #DeltaChat with an email account, or in #Cheogram or #Monocles, with an #XMPP account, either in a chat with yourself, or in a chat with someone else or a group (but I think everyone in the world gets the same word on the same day, even if they're playing in different chats). Everyone in the chat gets to play separately, and their results (number of turns) are automatically shared with the chat, and you can share the more detailed grid of coloured squares if you want.

As I understand it, webXDC apps are designed to be offline-first, so as soon as you've got the game in a chat, you should be able to play it even without an internet connection. And there's a neat curated list of other webXDC apps at https://webxdc.org/apps/, some of which let you collaborate, adding events to a shared calendar, for example.

CC: @delta @cheogram @monocles

@JustineSmithies

#cheogram on the phone and #dino on the desktop here.
Its nice. Especially since cheogram got stickers support lately ;)

Now this is what I like to see

Sticker packs in #cheogram #xmpp are just fun, and something that most people are accustomed to having from other mainstream IMs

You can even use #signal sticker packs!

https://kumi.tube/videos/watch/34726680-b996-4f29-9e20-2cac54169c38

Check it out on #cheogram s #peertube channel #foss #opensource #fdroid

Cheogram Android: Stickers

https://kumi.tube/videos/watch/34726680-b996-4f29-9e20-2cac54169c38