• Re: w/o the govt, fed or China listening

    From phigan@21:3/177 to Adept on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 17:35:38
    Not sure how old that thread about DeltaChat is, but that app is pretty awesome. I am using it with my own self hosted mail server, and it works great with that TextNow sim that gives you free data for maps, email, and rideshare apps.

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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to phigan on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 20:18:00
    Hello phigan!

    ** On Wednesday 21.01.26 - 17:35, phigan wrote to Adept:

    Not sure how old that thread about DeltaChat is, but that app is pretty awesome. I am using it with my own self hosted mail server, and it works great with that TextNow sim that gives you free data for maps, email, and rideshare apps.

    I originally posted something about it in January last year.

    I still use it, but only on one of my phones with deltachat's
    nine.testrun.org server.

    Never heard of textnow. Sounds like they operate on pushing ads in the app?


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  • From phigan@21:3/193 to Ogg on Thursday, January 22, 2026 15:27:06
    Never heard of textnow. Sounds like they operate on pushing ads in the
    app?

    Pretty much. I'm not sure if it's because I've had it a while or what, but I'm not running the app at all, and the SIM still has service. You do have to keep running the app once a week or so to keep your number if you want to do that.. but I don't have it even installed.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to phigan on Friday, January 23, 2026 07:21:54
    phigan wrote to Adept <=-

    Not sure how old that thread about DeltaChat is, but that app is pretty awesome. I am using it with my own self hosted mail server, and it
    works great with that TextNow sim that gives you free data for maps, email, and rideshare apps.

    That's the one that sends encrypted blobs via email as a transport?
    Sounds like a good way of providing encrypted chat without having to
    invent a back-end.



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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to poindexter FORTRAN on Friday, January 23, 2026 19:55:00
    Hello pF!

    Not sure how old that thread about DeltaChat is, but that app is pretty
    awesome.[...]

    That's the one that sends encrypted blobs via email as a transport?
    Sounds like a good way of providing encrypted chat without having to
    invent a back-end.

    The blobs are actual PGP BLOCKS. You can even share the generated keys to anyone else who might like to use them in their own email MTA.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Ogg on Saturday, January 24, 2026 09:59:20
    Ogg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    That's the one that sends encrypted blobs via email as a transport?
    Sounds like a good way of providing encrypted chat without having to
    invent a back-end.

    The blobs are actual PGP BLOCKS. You can even share the generated keys
    to anyone else who might like to use them in their own email MTA.

    Interesting. That's an object lesson in building a tool and not
    re-inventing the wheel.



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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to phigan on Sunday, January 25, 2026 14:26:00
    Hello phigan!

    ** On Thursday 22.01.26 - 15:27, phigan wrote to Ogg:

    Never heard of textnow. Sounds like they operate on pushing ads in the
    app?

    Pretty much. I'm not sure if it's because I've had it a while or what, but I'm not running the app at all, and the SIM still has service. You do have to keep running the app once a week or so to keep your number if you want to do that.. but I don't have it even installed.

    My Samsung phone comes with it (or that's what the previous owner installed on it). How can you use textnow without the app? I'm pretty sure calls (and sms) are managed by the app.


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  • From phigan@21:3/193 to Ogg on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 18:19:16
    on it). How can you use textnow without the app? I'm pretty sure calls

    I meant I'm using the SIM with the data without the app on the phone. This may not work for everyone, as I got a SIM from a friend who uninstalled the app from his phone and the SIM stopped working a week later.


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