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Winbuzzer<p>WhatsApp Enhances Calls, Chats, iPhone Features</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsAppUpdate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsAppUpdate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VideoCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoCalling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/11/whatsapp-enhances-calls-chats-iphone-features-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winbuzzer.com/2025/04/11/whats</span><span class="invisible">app-enhances-calls-chats-iphone-features-xcxwbn/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://433.world/@Yuvalne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Yuvalne</span></a></span> consider <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NextcloudTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NextcloudTalk</span></a> (included in <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/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a> as hosted <a href="https://docs.monocles.eu/services/cloud.service/#confer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by</a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Stuxhost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Stuxhost</span></a></span> ) as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JitsiMeet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JitsiMeet</span></a> (which is even easier to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a>.</p><ul><li>If you only need 1:1 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Videocalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videocalling</span></a>, consider <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebCall</span></a> <a href="https://timur.mobi/webcall/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">as a secure alternative</a>.</li></ul><p>All 3 use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebRTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebRTC</span></a> and don't require any shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Client</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Installation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Installation</span></a> whatsoever: They work from any modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>!</p>
Matt × 🇳🇴 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dftba.club/@TheCoolest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheCoolest</span></a></span> I don't see the blog post say "without an account". It implies you still need an account... you just don't need to be in a group chat to start a group call.</p><p>Whereby does "without an account" and it does it pretty well.</p><p><a href="https://whereby.com/information/meetings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">whereby.com/information/meetin</span><span class="invisible">gs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Whereby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whereby</span></a> <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/VideoCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoCalls</span></a> <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/VideoCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoCalling</span></a> <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
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 &amp; 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>
Henry Fisher<p>Jitsi ended anonymous video meetings :(</p><p><a href="https://neat.tube/videos/watch/4b6fc321-7825-4d88-ac3f-563e1095db66" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neat.tube/videos/watch/4b6fc32</span><span class="invisible">1-7825-4d88-ac3f-563e1095db66</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@animemer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>animemer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://furry.engineer/@thecatcollective" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecatcollective</span></a></span> <br>- in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP</span></a> is the standard since they use <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/64bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>64bit</span></a> "Colour Space".<br>- <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Audacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audacity</span></a> is the go-to solution for a lot of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RF</span></a> and non-Voice/Music <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audio</span></a> work.<br>- <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebCall</span></a> (1:1 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a>) &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JitsiMeet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JitsiMeet</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Videoconferencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videoconferencing</span></a>) are excellent tools being used for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Videocalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videocalling</span></a>. <br>- <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> is the go-to communications solution for state and non-state actors.<br>- <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> :monero: is the black market currency #1 </p><p>All are FLOSS'd!</p>
IT News<p>It Turns Out Parrots Love Videoconferencing - A recent experiment showed that parrots seem considerably enriched by the ability ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/06/04/it-turns-out-parrots-love-videoconferencing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/06/04/it-tur</span><span class="invisible">ns-out-parrots-love-videoconferencing/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/videoconferencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videoconferencing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/videocalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videocalling</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tablethacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tablethacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wholesome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wholesome</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/parrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parrot</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wetdry.world/@j0" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>j0</span></a></span> I call that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StockholmSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockholmSyndrome</span></a>, since there are better options longer than the dumpsterfire that is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a>. </p><p>Need a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> chat?<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> does that.</p><p>Need <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/voicechat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voicechat</span></a>?<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mumble</span></a> got you covered.</p><p>Want to have an organization chat?<br>Check out <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Zulip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zulip</span></a>. </p><p>Need <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Videocalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videocalls</span></a> in a Group?<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JitsiMeet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JitsiMeet</span></a> does that excellent.</p><p>Want private 1:1 chats? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> - <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> to the rescue!</p><p>Or do you need some private <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VideoCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoCalling</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoiceCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceCalling</span></a>? Consider <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebCall</span></a>! </p><p>There is no good reason to use <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a>!</p>