a fedi hacker meetup called Rootin' 'n Tootin'
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serious business :donor: (ceresbzns@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 08:05:47 JST serious business :donor: Hey FOSS fam, I need your expert opinions:
I'd like to stand up a chat server for a small 1-day con that I'm organizing, but I don't want to use Slack or Discord or any of the other freemium corpo services. What can I run instead?
Must haves:
* FOSS (obv)
* can run on a relatively inexpensive VPS (e.g., Hetzner or Digital Ocean)
* reasonably performant (up to 50 concurrent users)
* web GUI for users who don't want to download an app
* chat room
* allows basic moderation functionality (eg ban)
* reasonably secureNice to haves:
* end to end encryption
* ease of setup / administration
* invite-only channels (in addition to public room)
* direct messagingFrom my research so far, my understanding is that I can basically choose between #matrix or #xmpp. (Maybe #IRC ??)
Of the two, XMPP looks like it's more performant (I see constantly see people complain about Matrix being slow) at the expense of encryption by default. Still, I'm not sure which implementation of XMPP server would suit our needs best.
What do you think? What would you suggest?
Boosts welcome!
#foss #chat #privacy #infosec #linux #debian #ubuntu #bsides #cybersecurity #selfhost
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serious business :donor: (ceresbzns@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 06-Mar-2023 22:41:42 JST serious business :donor: @silverpill
This is extremely cool.Is there much activity on the onion side of the fediverse?
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serious business :donor: (ceresbzns@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 08:09:41 JST serious business :donor: Hey folx, realized I still owe an #introduction. So (mario voice) here we go:
My handle means "serious business." I'm always hopeful. I'm rarely optimistic.
What I'm working on:
* Studying #cybersecurity as someone without a computer science background
* Self-hosting more of the tools I use, particularly as a means of -
* Opting out of surveillance capitalism tech platforms (you know the ones)I'm a big fan of these things and you can expect me to toot about them:
* solidarity, mutual aid, organized labor, cooperative economics, and community defense
* #privacy and privacy self-defense tools like Signal, Tor, Cwtch, and GPG / PGP
* #FOSS, especially the more accessible #linux distros like Debian
* #solarpunk and #lunarpunk as incongruent and complementary idealsHere's some things that are a meaningful part of my life, that you probably won't see me toot about: parenting, weightlifting, software product management, firearms, PC gaming, LARP, business, finance, positive nihilism, MApoli, CambMA
Here's what I think I can offer you:
* I've worked for all different kinds of organizations, ranging from big tech, little tech, governments, to DAOs
* for better or for worse, I know a lot about #cryptocurrency, particularly #ethereum, #bitcoin, and #monero
* I've been a software product manager for a while now, which means I help teams ship software that does what users need - mostly through prioritization, facilitation, and communication
If there's anything in my background that would be useful to you, please reach out. I'm happy to share.One last thing - a message to fascists, TERFs, dominionists, abusers, and every other variety of petty authoritarian desperate for an excuse to control others: fuck you, y'all gonna lose
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serious business :donor: (ceresbzns@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jan-2023 03:58:11 JST serious business :donor: What happens in 2038?