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@badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
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Co-editor of the 'Snipette' online publication. Also codes when he gets a break from #writing. He/him.

#xmpp #python #perl #xubuntu #linux #programming

[bridged from https://fosstodon.org/@badrihippo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Why does the #tinkerhub app rely on #google services? 😢
Screenshot of the TinkerHub app. It's a blank screen with a popup error message: Something went wrong Check that Google Play is enabled on your device and that you're using an up-to-date version before opening the app. If the problem persists try reinstalling the app.
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
#sridharvembu be like,

#encryption #arattai #e2ee
Cartoon of a person directing another person to a nearby washroom/toilet which has no door. The caption reads: "I haven't made the door yet, but I promise not to look at you!"
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
#cloudflare continues to block me from accessing bookshop.org

This is what happens when we delegate power to arbitrary centralised institutions. One day, it will happen to you

(If it hasn't already)
Cloudflare error screen saying "Sorry! You have been blocked" followed by "You are unable to access bookshop.org" More useless details are given at the bottom. Why have I been blocked? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. What can I do to resolve this? You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Cloudflare Ray ID: 98dc0b618ca37eeb Your IP: (click to reveal) Performance & security by Cloudflare
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
New version of #Convo just dropped. Main highlight: end-to-end #encryption support with #omemo! 🔒✨

https://git.disroot.org/badrihippo/convo/releases/tag/0.2.0

Coming up on the #BananaHackers store soon, which will incidentally also fix the currently broken […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
Screenshot of Convo with a conversation open with "Someone". Someone asks "E2E works?" to which I reply "As of last week" At the bottom of the screen is a text field labelled "Compose" which has a lock icon next to it.
September 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
[unicode font support survey - please boost!!]

@palomakop #librewolf 138.0.4-1 on #debian Bookworm and running #sway :librewolf: :debian: :sway:
Screenshot of the above post, to demonstrate font support on my system
September 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Putting the final touches on my upcoming presentation about #kaios at #indiafoss2025 this weekend 🎨

I'll also bring the Nokia 8110 #bananaphone running the #Convo app for you to try out afterwards! :xmpp:

Will you be there?

https://fossunited.org/indiafoss/2025
Screenshot of a LibreOffice Impress window, editing a presentation called "Don't underestimate the dumbphone: An introduction the KaiOS ecosystem". More slides thumbnails are visible on the sidebar.
September 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
This day in history...I mean present: first ever end-to-end encrypted message to be sent from a #dumbphone?

https://git.disroot.org/badrihippo/convo/commit/c95d048c9dafa51ceef5c5c07b241abe6290696b

Using #Convo on #kaios, powered by #conversejs, #xmpp, #omemo, and #libsignal :xmpp:
Screenshot of a button with a cable sticking out from the top. On the screen is a chat conversation displaying the message: "hi from banana hopefully with omemo" The same phone as in the previous message, but zoomed in a bit closer so you can see the screen a bit more clearly
September 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
I'm excited to announce that #Convo, my #xmpp messaging app for #kaios has received a grant from @nlnet, or, more specifically, @NGIZero! 🎉 🤸

https://nlnet.nl/project/Convo/

I can now turn what began as a quick project made in a providential three weeks of […]

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A printout of an NGI Zero Commons fund information document, with a few things placed on top. Diagonally from top left to bottom right are: A Nokia 8110 "Bananaphone", an amigurumi (crochet) axolotl, and a Nokia 2720 Flip phone. On the top right corner of the paper is a round clockwork hen named clock-a-doodle-doo. Both phones are running the Convo app: one with an empty group chat list, and another with a list of conversations. If you look closely and get past the pixellation and blurred-ness, you might recognise group chats with icons for: Convo, XSF Communications Team, XSF Discussion, and JoinJabber General Chat.
August 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Also, #prav is functioning as a #cooperative and structured such that the entire community is involved in major decisions. So if an evil proposal like "let's introduce #ads" does come up, people can come in and shoot it down 💥

(The attached screenshot is hypothetical, of course 😉)
Screenshot of a draft poll with the title: Should we start showing ads in Prav? At the bottom of the page are four voting options: "Agree", "Abstain", "Disagree", and "Block". The two-paragraph description written in the poll is as follows: In order to have feature parity with WhatsApp, we should start introducing ads to Prav users as well. This aligns with our mission to have all the features the general user would expect from the Prav app. On a personal level, I have noticed that I end up spending less money than my friends due to a lower number of "impulse buys" which tend to happen after being repeatedly exposed to advertising. By introducing ads in Prav, we will increase the chance of Prav users spending money on unnecessary stuff, which will help contribute to the economy as well.
June 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Is #whatsapp introducing #ads the last straw for you?

https://noyb.eu/en/whatsapp-getting-ads-using-personal-data-instagram-and-facebook

Consider using #prav instead, which is:

🗳️ community-driven, so you can push for features you like, and, more importantly […]

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A two-part slogan on a pink-purple background. The first part shows a sharp-toothed fish snapping at a person and says: Give a person a centralised messaging app and it'll feed on them for a day. The second part has the text wrapped around in the shape of a fish, and says: Teach a person an open protocol and they'll control their feeds for life! At the bottom is a black band with the name Prav (prav.app) and saying: Take back control of your communication.
June 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
What the—

Please remove this censorware from https://podcastindex.org (and the rest of the Internet, if possible)

#cloudflare
That annoying Cloudflare popup saying "Sorry, you have been blocked" with no explanation whatsoever (or at least an "explanation" that has many words in it but never actually conveys any useful information). In this case, the subtext is "You are unable to access podcastindex dot org" followed by the usual image of a web browser with a tab and a big red cross in the middle of the page.
April 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
[Nicole, the Fediverse Chick]

Nicole is wearing headphones now??

I thought she was always with the same profile picture. Does it keep changing? Is anyone documenting this??

This picture is quite different from that of the "Nicole" message I got earlier, and […]

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Screenshot of the "Nicole, the Fediverse Chick" private message that has been going round the Fediverse, but the profile picture depicts a person wearing headphones. This is unlike other photos from this spam wave series that I've encountered before.
April 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Wow I've never seen this before! Usually the whole shell just freezes up or something unless I quickly SSH and kill or something. Definitely an improvement 😅️

#phosh #mobian #mobilelinux #pocof1
A notification on the Phosh shell from saying "Application Stopped". The notification is from gnome-settings-daemon and the description says "Device memory is nearly full. An application was using a lot of memory and was forced to stop."
April 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Ooh look who finally texted me! :masto_angel:

#fediversechick
A private mention from Nicole the Fediverse Chick. In case you're not familiar with it, it starts with mentioning me and then goes: Hi, I’m Nicole! But you can call me the Fediverse Chick :D I’m a proud Polish girl from Toronto (29 y/o) I’m currently taking the pre-health sciences program at George Brown College hoping to get into the medical field someday! After this comes links to add Nicole on Friendica, discord, and matrix. Nicole doesn't seem to use XMPP, unfortunately.
March 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Is it too late to mention that I'll be giving a talk on #Convo and #kaios at #pravconf tomorrow :blobcatadorable:

https://conf.prav.app
A screenshot of the Convo app on my flip phone, with the PravConf group chat highlighted. The other chats above it are for "Free Software Community of India", "Convo – XMPP messaging for KaiOS feature phones", and "Prav Publicity and Outreach". A purple-pink graphic for PravConf, depicting various devices flying around: a flip phone, a geeky command-line-sporting computer, and a Raspberry Pi like SBC. Also flying around are the words: "No smartphone? No problem." Below is a banner with the event details: PravConf 2025, happening on 1st and 2nd March 2025 at MEC Kochi. URL: conf.prav.app Finally comes the mandatory list of sponsors: Fiscal host Navodaya Networks, Organising Partner FOSS MEC, and Gold Sponsor Mostly Harmless. Unfortunately, our (very new) platinum sponsor Goodbytes is not (yet) included
February 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Loving the new #phosh file picker! (Or is it #gnome?) 📂️
Screenshot of the new responsive Phosh file picker on a mobile screen. It has thumbnails, although the one image there just displays as the generic thumbnail of an image. The same file picker, but at the bottom is a popover I've activated with nice chunky thumbnail shortcuts to go to Recents, Home, Documents, Downloads, etc. as well as (most important!) a breadcrumb navigator at. the bottom so I can quickly jump to parent (ancestor?) folders
February 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
On my way to #kochi for #pravconf2025 tomorrow! Let's give those people some open protocols 💪🏼️

I've been using #xmpp since before Google became evil, and have never had to shift away because I'm able to take it with me wherever I go—whether it's #pidgin […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A purple-pink graphic for PravConf, with a play on an old saying. "Give a person a centralised messaging app and it'll feed on them for a day. Teach a person an open protocol and they'll control their feeds for life!" The first sentence has a playful white drawing next to it of a jagged-toothed fish biting on a human figure's hand. The second sentence had its text itself waved around into the shape of a fish, with a turned version of the XMPP logo for a tail. Below is a banner with details of PravConf 2025: dates 1st and 2nd March, location MEC Kochi, and website conf.prav.app. Finally comes the mandatory list of sponsors and partners: fiscal host Navodaya Foundation, organising partner FOSS MEC, and gold sponsor Mostly Harmless. Our (very new) platinum sponsor Goodbytes is sadly not included (yet)
February 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Oho, what's this? 👀

I originally mistook it for an image that someone shared in their post, but no, it's evidently an actual new #mastodon thing!
Screenshot of the Mastodon "Home" timeline showing a new box interspersed between the posts. The box says "Who to follow" with suggestions for @kde@floss.social and @CisopSixpence@m[-something; the last part is truncated). On the header are two buttons for "Don't show again" and "View all". Oh, and the KDE card also has a "Personalised suggestion" subtext, whereas Cisop Sixpence has a verified Gravatar link. Needless to say, both cards have "Follow" buttons (and there's also an arrow to scroll sideways and see more suggestions).
February 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
They said #xmpp was connected to #xampu, so I made some! 😇

Hair is personal. Messaging should be too :xmpp:

The owner of Beeja Botanicals is my former classmate, and she's used the shampoo herself, so I know it's good! The first batch is ready and will be […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A round shampoo bar wrapped with the XMPP logo, sitting on top of a flyer that will be displayed in detail in the next picture. Flyer. Full text follows, along with a description of accompanying images: [The XMPP logo] Introducing xampu, the XMPP themed shampoo bar! What if your shampoo brand forced you to hang out only with people who use the same brand of shampoo? [Two people with focus lines on their hair. A lightning bolt strikes between them] We think such restrictions are as absurd for messaging apps as they would be for hair products. [Similarly, two speech bubbles with a lightning bolt betwixt] XMPP is a common language (protocol) that different chat services can use to talk to each other. [Image of many connected speech bubbles] [Green banner saying] XMPP stands for "eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol". Since both those are a mouthful, people in Brazil have taken to affectionately pronouncing it xampu—which means shampoo. [A rabbit] This shampoo bar by Beeja Botanicals is hand made using natural ingredients. It is free from harmful products like SLS and paraben, and contains no animal-tested products. Like making your own shampoo, running your own chat server allows you to address local ethical and technical issues—more privacy? solar powered? larger upload size? integrated login?—that matter to you. Not everyone has the time and energy to make shampoo, or to run their own XMPP server. Proceeds from this shampoo bar will go towards funding Prav, which operates XMPP services so you don't have to. [A pigeon] Footer saying: Hair is personal. Messaging should be, too.
February 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Incidentally, it's this interoperability that allowed me to make #Convo, an #xmpp app for #kaios flip phones 📞

Would anyone use the app? Well, I do, for one! And that's the beauty of open protocols—you don't need to have millions of users convincing a […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A purple-pink graphic for PravConf, depicting various devices flying around: a flip phone, a geeky command-line-sporting computer, and a Raspberry Pi like SBC. Also flying around are the words: "No smartphone? No problem." Below is a banner with the event details: PravConf 2025, happening on 1st and 2nd March 2025 at MEC Kochi. URL: conf.prav.app Finally comes the mandatory list of sponsors: Fiscal host Navodaya Networks, Organising Partner FOSS MEC, and Gold Sponsor Mostly Harmless
February 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
My grandmother recently got locked out of #whatsapp because her phone broke, and the spare one we had on hand is one WhatsApp has decided is too old to run on 💀

Fortunately, #xmpp has no such qualms! She's currently keeping up with the family group chat on […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A purple-pink graphic for PravConf, showing a pigeon flying out of a cage. The text says: "Messaging apps got you ensnared? It's time we opened up the cage." Below is a banner with the event details: PravConf 2025, happening on 1st and 2nd March 2025 at MEC Kochi. URL: conf.prav.app Finally comes the mandatory list of sponsors: Fiscal host Navodaya Networks, Organising Partner FOSS MEC, and Gold Sponsor Mostly Harmless
February 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
While not quite on the scale of the Good Queen's royal progress, we're organising our first conference next weekend—where we'll be discussing this as well as the broader theme of decentralised communication using #freesoftware solutions! Yep, that includes the […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A pink-purple social-media graphic for PravConf, but with no fun images this time :( It's just a banner with the event details: PravConf 2025, happening on 1st and 2nd March 2025 at MEC Kochi. URL: conf.prav.app At the end is the mandatory list of sponsors: Fiscal host Navodaya Networks, Organising Partner FOSS MEC, and Gold Sponsor Mostly Harmless
February 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Speaking of #democracy, @prav is also an experiment in democratic decision making! Right from the name down to features and priority lists, the community votes on every decision (and you can join too!)

https://codema.in/

The politician in the picture is […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A pink-purple social-media graphic for PravConf. It depicts a typical Indian politician giving a speech..if that politician were a pigeon! The table in front bristles with microphones, and a banner above says "Vote for Prav!". Our note in parenthesis, below, clarifies: "...Prav features, that is!" Fun fact: as it happens, the pigeon-politician's shawl sports the colours of the XMPP logo! Then comes the usual banner with the event details: PravConf 2025, happening on 1st and 2nd March 2025 at MEC Kochi. URL: conf.prav.app And finally, the mandatory list of sponsors: Fiscal host Navodaya Networks, Organising Partner FOSS MEC, and Gold Sponsor Mostly Harmless
February 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
#prav (and any other #xmpp app) bring this #decentralisation to the #messaging world. Anyone can fire up their own server and plug into the network—or, more commonly, choose an existing chat provider that works for them

#XMPP makes it easy to switch from one […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A purple-pink graphic for PravConf, depicting a pigeon standing under a typical Indian "SIM card for sale" umbrella-covered stall, except that the message instead says "Prav account available here". On the top-left corner is the slogan "Number porting?" followed by a rejoinder wrapped around the umbrella: "We do messenger porting!" Below is a banner with the event details: PravConf 2025, happening on 1st and 2nd March 2025 at MEC Kochi. URL: conf.prav.app Finally comes the mandatory list of sponsors: Fiscal host Navodaya Networks, Organising Partner FOSS MEC, and Gold Sponsor Mostly Harmless
February 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
badrihippo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Having a single ruler for an entire continent—or a single #messaging service for all cyberspace—can be problematic. All-powerful entity can easily become dictators, and even if they didn't here's no way one ruler can know the needs of a diverse variety of […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A pink-purple social-media graphic for PravConf. The foreground is all in white and depicts a wolf looking up at a pigeon perched on a cliff. On top is the note "Tired of bending the knee to centralised messaging platforms?" followed by (in a slightly Gothic font): "PravConf is coming". Below is a banner with the event details: PravConf 2025, happening on 1st and 2nd March 2025 at MEC Kochi. URL: conf.prav.app Finally comes the mandatory list of sponsors: Fiscal host Navodaya Networks, Organising Partner FOSS MEC, and Gold Sponsor Mostly Harmless
February 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM