Tag: xmpp

Protect Your Privacy With An XMPP Tor Hidden Service (Prosody)

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The world is changing fast.
Yesterday’s mistake becomes today’s data leak – and tomorrow’s compromise.

Privacy is not a default setting.
It’s constant configuration and calibration.

You know how to install an IRC server as a Tor hidden service.
You’ve seen the modern features and modularity of the XMPP protocol.

A Tor hidden service protects both the server and the user.
This setup is designed to reduce exposure of IP addresses and limit metadata leakage.
It does not protect against compromised endpoints or user mistakes.

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XMPP – The Middle Ground Of Instant Messaging (Prosody)

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XMPP or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open communication protocol.
It has been actively developed since it was introduced in 1999.
Over time, a large part of its user base migrated to centralized cloud platforms.

IRC is a simple, reliable, text-based protocol.
Matrix is a robust but more complex protocol with higher resource requirements.
XMPP sits between them, closer to IRC in simplicity while offering more modern features.

In this article you will learn to install a private, non-federated XMPP server.

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