#Meta ‘removes #LGBTQ+ #Pride #themes from #FacebookMessenger #app’

The “#trans” and “#Nonbinary #themes” had colour schemes that matched the respective #genderidentity’s #prideflags

Other #themes on Facebook Messenger include ones for #Minecraft and #SquidGame.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/13/meta-facebook-messenger-pride-themes/

@xoron I don't want to discourage you at all - in fact I think your goal is not just noble but also worth aspiring to.

• My recommendation is always to scout out existing solutions, protocols and standards and see if those can be salvaged / used and if not, reason why. #PGP/MIME may seem crusty but a good UI can make it easy. Same.goes for #OMEMO & #OTR...

But whatever you do, please "DO NOT DIY ENCRYPTION!"

• Instead delegate it to drop-in libraries (i.e. crypto++ for C++) that are well, maintained and getting audited.

Prioritize features early on and make a decision what you want and if/how these can be accomplished. If necessary, have different modes / functions one has to context-switch (i.e. videocalling can't work in an airgapped network unless your callers are in the same (W)LAN).

• If possible choose to stay platform-independent in terms of tech, so like #WebCall, #JitsiMeet, etc. you can simply package that up with nw.js... (Except if you need like a minimalist, (n)curses-style TUI tool like #enc)

User-test early on. Espechally with "#TechIlliterates", if you can.

• Focus on a #MVP (minimum viable product) early on.

Write #documentation early on since that'll remove headaches. And I don't just mean #CommentYourCode but go deep and explain in detail why you chose something. This will help not just you.

• In terms of "scouting existing solutions" I'd recommend to take a look not just at #JitsiMeet & #WebCall, but also #Briar, #ServalMesh, @monocles / #monoclesChat, @gajim / #gajim and @micahflee's #OnionShare.

Make yourself a list what you like and dislike from those.

• Same with #Linphone, @zulip / #Zulip, #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Threema and even #WeChat, #FacebookMessenger, #iMessage, #FaceTime and god forbid #Skype, #MicrosoftTeams as well as #Slack.

Don't be afraid if your #App can't tick all the boxes at first release. Rather feel free to slowly ibtegrate them.

Needless to say I do sincerely wish you good luck and only the best in terms of success.

Diese #Chatkontrolle sollte auf allen Kanälen erfolgen:

Emails
Posts und Direktnachrichten in sozialen Netzwerken
Chats in Onlinespielen
Instant Messengern wie den #FacebookMessenger, #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Threema, #Telegram

Während die Anbieter von ersteren Diensten oft den Klartext der Nachrichten sowieso zu sehen bekommen, ist dies bei Ende-zu-Ende-verschlüsselten #Messenger|n schwierig. Und da liegt der Knackpunkt.
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https://dnip.ch/2024/09/09/chatkontrolle-es-geht-weiter/

@GrapheneOS Signal is too able to hand over stuff, and they too will.

• Whether one has #SelfCustody of Keys on @signalapp is somethibg I'd doubt, but even the worst "conspiracy theory" makes #Signal the better choice than #Telegram.

Tho thankfully we live ib a world where we don't just have Ketchup (Telegram), Majo (Signal) and Mustard (#WhatsApp / #FacebookMessenger) as options, but various others to fulfill case-by-case needs.

Like @zulip / #Zulip, @delta / #deltaChat, #IRC & #XMPP+#OMEMO like @monocles / #monoclesChat & @gajim / #Gajim.