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bug ? Network Connection, WiFi dot is red

Hi,

SimpleX github conversations closed ??

I wanted to post this as a conversation then convert into an issues on github but it seem the github conversation of this project are closed... (we can't create new one) Do you know why ?

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\ I've installed simpleX onfez android phones. it work smoothly. but for one of those phone (Android 14) the messages are only received and send when I restart the apps then no more. in Your settings\settings\Network & servers\network connection

The WiFi dot is red !

Any ideas ?

Thanks.

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GnuPG / GPG how create an EdDSA key !? [ SOLVED ]
  • Thank you @Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de ! it works !

    Please select what kind of key you want:
    (1) RSA and RSA (default)
    (2) DSA and Elgamal
    (3) DSA (sign only)
    (4) RSA (sign only)
    (7) DSA (set your own capabilities)
    (8) RSA (set your own capabilities)
    (9) ECC and ECC
    (10) ECC (sign only)
    (11) ECC (set your own capabilities)
    (13) Existing key
    (14) Existing key from card\

    I'm wondering whats is the option: (9) ECC and ECC ?? I found nothing in their documentation :/

  • how output `ps aux | grep aUser` and keeping Newline ?

    Hi,

    by doing a bash ps aux | grep UserName The output do not keep the LF[^1] 😡

    I've found some solution online by they involve 3 or more pipe | !

    On my side, I've made this bash ps -fp $(pgrep -d, -u UserName) But still I found it not super human readable.

    Is their a native way with ps to filter users ? or to grep it but the keep the LF ?

    [^1]: linefeed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linefeed#Representation

    6
    GnuPG / GPG how create an EdDSA key !? [ SOLVED ]

    Hi,

    I've seen some tutorial to create EdDSA key with Gnupg

    gpg --full-gen-key

    and it's supposed to allow me to create ECC key, but I see only > Please select what kind of key you want:\ (1) RSA and RSA (default)\ (2) DSA and Elgamal\ (3) DSA (sign only)\ (4) RSA (sign only)\ (14) Existing key from card\ Your selection?\

    gpg --version show: > ...\ gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.27\ Supported algorithms:\ Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA\ ...

    Any idea what's wrong ?

    8
    How start quickly with GnuPG ?

    Hi,

    I would like to use Gnupg to encrypt, sign... documents.

    I've downloaded the Manual, it's quite extensive. So the learning curve is proportional :)

    I've tried the GPA GUI, but with it, it seem impossible to generate an ECC key..

    So what would be your recommendation to be able to generate ECC keys, be able to encrypt, sign etc.. with or without GUI.

    Thanks.

    13
    The contradiction of the TOR forum ( forum.torproject.org )
  • Well received, any sources where we could corroborate that statement ?

  • The contradiction of the TOR forum ( forum.torproject.org )

    Hi,

    I'm currently struggling to connect to TOR (see my previous posts)

    Therefore I'm looking in the documentation and in the support community. (and been already greatly helped trough lemmy :) )

    I was considering to use also the official TOR forum

    But I'm surprised that for a project that claim to protect users anonymity and freedom of WWW to use a forum that

    • request an email address[^one]
    • That a moderator [^two] need to approve the account
    • that each new post need to be approved !

    So I can't use it[^one] , hopefully their is Lemmy :D

    [^one]: Do you know a lot of email service that do not require to provide a proof of ID ? (phone number, ISP email etc..) ? So hard to keep anonymous in those conditions..

    . [^two]: Moderation do not exist, it is simply censorship, see the work of Noam Chomsky\ "If the freedom of expression is limited to the ideas that we like, it is not freedom of expression."

    3
    Stuck at *Opened Socks listener connection (ready)*
  • Damn

    now that I open few ports 9001

    I see incoming connection that are dropped because they use totally diffrent ports

    drop: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=aMacadrs SRC=aIP DST=aMyIP LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=48 ID=65508 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=443 DPT=50194 WINDOW=501 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0

    privacy

    I've replaced some string with 'aSomething'

    .

    it's weird in my nftable config file I have

    type filter hook input priority 0; policy drop;
    ct state established,related accept
    

    Any ideas ?

  • Stuck at *Opened Socks listener connection (ready)*
  • Thank you very much @qprimed@lemmy.ml ! indeed I saw in my nftables log tentative to 443 and 9001. ( I didn't find this in the tor doc ... )

    9050 is your socks proxy - so protect it. if your nftables is blocking localhost:9050/TCP then you need to correct that.

    is this will do : ip saddr 127.0.0.1 ip daddr 127.0.0.1 accept ?

  • How grep with -e (regex) `/log/messages` ? [ solved ]

    Hi,

    I would like to display the new lines of /var/log/messages that contain either IN_MyText or OUT_MyText (no matter where in the line)

    I've tried

    bash tail -fn 3 /var/log/messages | grep --color --line-buffered -e "(IN|OUT)_MyText" But the output stay blank, when it should not...

    Any ideas ?

    5
    Stuck at *Opened Socks listener connection (ready)*

    Hi,

    I've just installed tor ( 0.4.5.16 )

    When I launch it ( debian fork ) I'm stuck at > Opened Socks listener connection (ready) on 127.0.0.1:9050

    I have a strong set of nftables maybe that what block it ?

    What should open in order to have tor connect ?

    Thanks.

    4
    Tor, config file, SocksPolicy [solved]

    Hi,\ in etc/tor/torrc (the tor config file) we can read the following > \## Entry policies to allow/deny SOCKS requests based on IP address.\ > \## First entry that matches wins. If no SocksPolicy is set, we accept\ > \## all (and only) requests that reach a SocksPort. Untrusted users who\ > \## can access your SocksPort may be able to learn about the connections\ > \## you make.\ > \#SocksPolicy accept 192.168.0.0/16\ > \#SocksPolicy reject *\

    I don't understand, is this for the TOR network to query the local daemon ? or is it for LAN node to use the local TOR daemon ?

    Thanks

    2
    Why using a censorship platform when fighting for freedom & privacy ?

    To the developer working on SimpleX,

    Why are you still using Microsoft Github ? (and by extend Reddit ! )

    • https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/do-githubs-updated-terms-of-service-conflict-with-copyleft
    • https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/04/19/github-suspending-russian-accounts/
    • https://bitsvsbytes.com/blog/move-github-gitlab/
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/8p27ud/why_are_developers_moving_their_code_from_github/
    • https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/22

    I had myself a question for the maintainers. I was planning to use the discussions and to do so, create an account :'( But it seem that Microsoft really doesn't like Tor: \ !

    Cheers.

    10
    is Tor planned to be embedded ?

    Hi,

    Does anyone, know if SimpleX plan to embed Tor ? ( To not need to install Orbot )

    Thanks.

    0
    Could SimpleX be P2P ?
  • I couldn't have said it better !

  • Privacy minded ` instant messaging ` quest.
  • I've did some more digging.

    and Briar still remain better at security level !

    The big downside of SimpleX is that it's not P2P and IP correlation by watching your traffic is possible.

    SimpleX recommend to use Tor on top of it with for example Orbot. That's a good idea, but not the best to convince none-tech folks to adopt it. (it's already so hard to change peoples habit... ) Tor should be embedded.

    As soon Tor is embedded I will migrate to it. SimpleX have nice thought features and it's easy to use.

  • Privacy minded ` instant messaging ` quest.
  • Thank you very much @jet@hackertalks.com & @Quexotic@beehaw.org

    The EFF article is really interesting for everyone. ( I was aware of this )

    Indeed no one should assume that his packets are not intercepted along the road. But conceive an software that on top of that, specifically route the traffic trough his server not make it better (on the opposite in my opinion)

    Even if the owner of those server do not process the data... ( This is relying on blind trust) those servers might be breached. (in addition to the systemic data recording, like in the EFF article )

    Let put it simple, is SimpleX offer on the actual Internet (can't wait the next gen, GNUnet or anything similar) a similar level of Trust & privacy than Briar ?

  • Could SimpleX be P2P ?

    Hi,

    I've just tested SimpleX. Great piece of software, all the options are really well thought ...

    Sadly it's not P2P (all the messages pass by servers... ) is there a way to make-it P2P ?

    Thanks.

    5
    Privacy minded ` instant messaging ` quest.
  • A little update.

    I've just tested simplex on Android.

    it's very well thought out ! The features make sense. UNFORTUNATELY it's not P2P ! all the messages pass by their servers :'( with Briar it's P2P.... weirdly they claim their way is better than P2P ! any comment on that ?

    In my point of view, if messages are stored somewhere it's mean the can be process[^1] !

    Cheers.

    edit: lemmy link to their community !simplex@lemmy.ml

    [^1]: Copied, analyzed, cracked (Brut force or what ever)

  • Privacy minded ` instant messaging ` quest.
  • jami’s good but it uses turn server to verify your name

    So is it secure ? does that mean you rely on those server to be able to created an account ?

  • Privacy minded ` instant messaging ` quest.
  • I think your mistaken... Can someone confirm ?

    So I was eager to test Jami, but on Windows it require Windows 10.. so no way --> https://itvision.altervista.org/why-windows-10-sucks.html

    anyway I gave a quick try on a test machine (win10) But I got , not matter what I entered

    Too bad because it had on paper, a lot of nice features..

    On linux, too bad they don't provide (yet) an AppImage...

  • Privacy minded ` instant messaging ` quest.
  • no ! thanks ! look promising too.

    I'll try it and give my review... but is it require to make a "jami" account on their server !??

  • Privacy minded ` instant messaging ` quest.

    Hi,

    I'm looking for an instant messaging ( IM ) apps software/protocol that run on Android and computer

    and meet the following requirements :

    • Open source !
    • E2EE
    • Messages are send in direct ! (not passing by a server)
    • handle group
    • Truly private ! ( That's the tricky part )

     

    The closest that I've found is Briar

    • \+can work without internet ! (bluetooth, local wifi, files !)
    • \+ use TOR
    • \- Mutual party have to exchange key (or your can introduce someone)
    • \- sending media suck for now, poor image quality
    • \- no call or voice messaging

     

    I've been looking for alternatives:

    • Session
      • Sadly it keep ALL the conversation into server !!! so it's a no go.
    • speek
      • I didn't try it yet, any feedback ?
    • simplex
      • it look very promising ! (didn't tried it yet)
      • \+ seem to handle multiple profile in one !
      • \+ do not require that both party send an invitation !
      • ! I didn't found (yet) if the messages are send in direct or pass by a server.. \ It's not P2P all the messages pass by servers.. too bad.

    All post about alternatives or experience with the one that I cited are welcome.

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