[guardian-dev] Messaging Moving Forward

[Nathan of Guardian]

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I have been thinking about Google's EOL of XMPP, and the general
fracture of messaging services in the world, and come to the
conclusion there are three general paths to take forward in our
efforts to provide secure messaging services to mobile users, that
also interoperators with desktop clients, multiple platforms, etc.

1) Stay focused on the standards like XMPP and SIP, and focus more on
supporting existing service providers like Dukgo.com, Jabber.ccc.de,
OStel.co, and anyone else who wants to run a public, privacy focused
XMPP or SIP service instance. Focus on making a great client
experience, and coordinate with Jit.si, Pidgin, ChatSecure, etc, to
keep rocking.

2) Build our own competitive messaging stack/silo, or support
Moxie/TextSecure or Crypto.cat doing their version, with client
software that spans mobile devices, the web and desktops as necessary.
Basically, form a giant robot with others, to build a simple, branded
solution that just works, and perhaps is closed, but secure... the
SilentCircle approach?

3) Re-think messaging to move away from XMPP, and instead figure out
how to interoperate with all the crazy various systems out there, such
that you just focus on a person you want to message, and then you
figure out all the places/service they might use to message (Jabber,
Email, SMS, SIP, TorChat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Bluetooth, etc), and
then figure out how to get a message to them, by any means necessary.
Obviously, we would layer OTR, PGP, etc here, such that we are
providing a secure messaging layer, no matter the transport we are on.

Would love to hear your feedback, and what all of you think we should
do. If it is just "stay the course", that is welcome feedback, as well.

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