Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@clokep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>clokep</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>matrix</span></a></span> As of now I do use dedicaded <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> apps for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> XMPP + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zulip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zulip</span></a> on a daily basis, depending on what kind of chat I want/need.</p><p>- IRC is excellent for public chats.</p><p>- XMPP+OMEMO & XMPP+PGP/MIME are good in terms of privacy and security for 1:1 chats...</p><p>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@zulip" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zulip</span></a></span> is my go-to option for private organization chats where searchable group chats and organization are more important than anything.<br><a href="https://zulip.com/why-zulip/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zulip.com/why-zulip/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>OFC <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a>'s focus is on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a>, Calendar, Contacts and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a>, so I don't expect it to become "Unified communication Suite"* because I think a robust, stable and secure product is more important than feature-creep.</p><p>And yes I should take a deeper dive into Thunderbird more despite using it for almost two decades...</p><p>- - -</p><p>* [ if it could do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoIP</span></a> via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIP</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Videocalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videocalling</span></a> via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebCall</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JitsiMeet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JitsiMeet</span></a> and/or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NextcloudTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NextcloudTalk</span></a> that would basically cover all communication needs I ever had ]</p>