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Debacle<a href="https://chaos.social/@bitsoffreedom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bitsoffreedom</a> Signal as an easy-to-use and probably more secure WA replacement? Sure.But for <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/digitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalSovereignty</a> we should go for something really free and federated, just like the fediverse. There are various options, of course. Each with pros and cons attached.(My personal favourite is <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Jabber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jabber</a>, which exists since 1999 and is extremely easy to use thanks to <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Quicksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quicksy</a> and its Indian cousin <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a>.)<a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/UseJabberDoCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UseJabberDoCrime</a>

The Prāv CooperativeWe are delighted to announce that we are a community partner of the event <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucknowFOSS</a>, organized by <a href="https://mas.to/users/fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fossunited</a> 😀Event details 👉 fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025<a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FOSSUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSSUnited</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a><a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a>

The Prāv CooperativeOn the 12th of April, <a href="https://merveilles.town/users/untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@untrusem</a> will be giving a talk at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucknowFOSS</a> about how they got into <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> and <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a>! <a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/cfp/7n1sclliv7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/…</a>Be sure to attend! <a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a>

Ravi Dwivedi<a href="https://merveilles.town/@untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@untrusem</a> will be sharing his experiences in contributing to <a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prav</a> at <a href="https://toot.io/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucknowFOSS</a>. It would serve as a great opportunity for newbies to learn how to contribute to <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> in general (and it doesn't require a technical background).Event details 👉 <a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a>.Thanks to <a href="https://mas.to/@fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fossunited</a>. See you there!<a href="https://toot.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FOSSUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSSUnited</a>

Pirate Praveen<a href="https://merveilles.town/@untrusem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@untrusem</a> will be giving a talk on his contribtions to <a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prav</a> at <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucknowFOSS</a>"In this Lighting talk, I will share my little journey on contributing to <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a>, which is a free software. This talk will mostly be centered toward students. I will tell how I contributed to the project as a Non-Cs Student and How can they too regardless of their Background.This Talk will also inform attendees about <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> and <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#federation</a>."<a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/cfp/7n1sclliv7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025/cfp/7n1sclliv7</a><a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a>

Debacle<a href="https://floss.social/@jgoerzen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jgoerzen</a> I agree and I would not even say, that my preferred solutions (mainly <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Jabber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jabber</a> or other federated systems) would be more secure for the threat models Signal tries to counter.But, of course I can't recommend Signal to my family or to my friends, because they would not be able to reach me then and would wonder why I don't eat my own cat food 🙂However, esp. with <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Quicksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quicksy</a> (which has an Indian variant now, called <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a>), I'ld say it's equally easy to get even non-tech people on board.

The Prāv CooperativeMeet us at our stall at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucknowFOSS</a> on the 12th of April.Event details 👉 <a href="https://fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025</a>Thanks to <a href="https://mas.to/users/fossunited" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fossunited</a><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a>

The Prāv Cooperative<a href="https://toot.io/users/ravi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ravi</a> will be presenting <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KDE</a> India conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Feel free to join and ask questions about the project and get stickers and flyers.Event details 👉 <a href="https://conf.kde.in/2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">conf.kde.in/2025/</a><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Pirate PraveenThe story behind finalizing <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cooperative</a> bye-laws!The Prav Cooperative, though unregistered, already opens up several doors for us. Besides letting us manage our own funds, the first of these would be allowing us to sign up to an Indian SMS gateway, thereby reducing our message sending fees by 90%! Being formally recognised also means we can hopefully register under our own name on the Google Play Store and other official sources, rather than having to piggyback.<a href="https://prav.app/blog/finalising-our-bye-laws/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://prav.app/blog/finalising-our-bye-laws/</a>

Abhijith ✔<a href="https://mas.to/tags/prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prav</a> app hit 100+ downloads on the Play Store. 🎉

Pirate Praveen<a href="https://mastodon.social/@janvlug" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@janvlug</a> The same way, not every user will have to modify <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> to benefit from right to modify.Why should we accept the monopoly of a single organization to make changes on the server ? Especially those of us in the Free Software community who understand Free Software includes the right to modify.When we can have both a simplified option for masses (<a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Quicksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quicksy</a> and <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a>) AND choices for people who need (Monocles Chat, Snikket, Monal etc), then why give up on choices ? <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/xmpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xmpp</a>

Pirate Praveen<a href="https://mastodon.social/@janvlug" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@janvlug</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Signal</a> is better than <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a>, but still centralized. The entire world depending on a Single organization is not very sustainable. We have Quicksy and Prav both giving the same convenience of Signal without lock-in. <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Quicksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quicksy</a> and <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> users can talk to each other and to any other <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> app.To actually practice the freedom to improve a software, we should be able to self host the server part (not necessarily each person has to self host, but that option can offer real choice).

Pirate Praveendurare.org community is divided in the ongoing poll - whether to allow direct integration with <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> app.If the proposal passes, people who cannot pay for prav.app account will get an option to create a durare.org account.durare.org accounts are now created manually on request. We could automate that for people verifying their phone number.<a href="https://codema.in/d/m7FIhH2i/provide-phone-number-verification-via-sms-otp-using-prav-app/1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codema.in/d/m7FIhH2i/provide-phone-number-verification-via-sms-otp-using-prav-app/1</a>We will try to address the concerns of those who disagree and hope to bring them onboard as well.<a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/xmpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xmpp</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Ravi DwivediI presented <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> today at <a href="https://toot.io/tags/BiharFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BiharFOSS</a>. The interactive demo suggested by <a href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/libreinator" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@libreinator</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@badrihippo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@badrihippo</a> was simple for newbies to understand and made the talk interactive.The idea was to get two volunteers from the audience, one having <a href="https://toot.io/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> and the other using <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>, followed by asking them to send a text from WhatsApp to Telegram. After this, get a volunteer with non-Airtel number to send an SMS to me (as I use Airtel), illustrating federation nicely.<a href="https://toot.io/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

The Prāv Cooperative<a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> stall at <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=BiharFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BiharFOSS</a>, IIT Patna.<a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Ravi DwivediI and <a href="https://en.osm.town/@contrapunctus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@contrapunctus</a> are at IIT Patna to talk about <a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prav</a> tomorrow in <a href="https://toot.io/tags/BiharFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BiharFOSS</a>. We will also share stickers and flyers. We will be glad to see you there😀Event details <a href="https://fossunited.org/c/bihar/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fossunited.org/c/bihar/2025</a><a href="https://toot.io/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Pirate PraveenWe have the very first screenshots of <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a> iOS app! Thanks to Vaidik who made it and also thanks to <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Monal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monal</a> developers for releasing Monal as <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/prav-ios/updates/initial-screenshots-of-the-prav-ios-app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://opencollective.com/prav-ios/updates/initial-screenshots-of-the-prav-ios-app</a>We identified iOS app as a priority for Prav community through a poll and then raised funds to build the app via Open Collective. <a href="https://opencollective.com/prav-ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://opencollective.com/prav-ios</a>This is a new model we are experimenting with Prav - individuals collectively setting priority instead of developers, business or govts.

Pirate Praveen<a href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/bshankar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bshankar</a> <a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prav</a> If you have not joined Prav xmpp group yet, you can join <a href="https://join.jabber.network/#prav@chat.disroot.org?join" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://join.jabber.network/#prav@chat.disroot.org?join</a>You can also volunteer to introduce Prav at events, distributing leaflets, stickers etc. We had table at FOSS Meet in Kozhikode last week, this week we will be at Patna for <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/BiharFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BiharFOSS</a>. We hope to be at <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/LucknowFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LucknowFOSS</a> as well.<a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prav</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/xmpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xmpp</a>

Pirate Praveen<a href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/bshankar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bshankar</a> I wanted to comment on your blog post <a href="https://bshankar.pages.dev/getting-family-on-xmpp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bshankar.pages.dev/getting-family-on-xmpp/</a> (saw it on fsci group)<a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Quicksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quicksy</a> would have been the simpler option for most people. But unfortunately Quicksy is mostly driven by a single person from Germany and mass adoption and publicity seem to be not a priority for them. So we are trying to promote the idea of Quicksy through a cooperative run project called <a href="https://venera.social/profile/prav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prav</a> You are welcome to join this effort to take the idea Quicksy to the masses.<a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/xmpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xmpp</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/tags/Prav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prav</a>

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