You can install the profanity app via Add/remove apps on the Administrator control panel. Logging in and then selecting Run App and profanity will start it.
In mid 2016 Gajim became the first desktop XMPP client to support the OMEMO end-to-end security standard, which is superior to the more traditional OTR since it also includes multi-user chat and the ratcheting mechanism pioneered by Open Whisper Systems. To install it:
su -c 'echo "deb ftp://ftp.gajim.org/debian unstable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gajim.list'
+su -c 'echo "deb ftp://ftp.gajim.org/debian unstable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gajim.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install gajim-dev-keyring
sudo apt-get -y install git tor python-dev python-pip gajim-nightly
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ mkdir ~/.local/share/gajim/plugins -p
cd ~/.local/share/gajim/plugins
git clone https://github.com/omemo/gajim-omemo
sudo pip install protobuf==2.6.1, python-axolotl==0.1.35
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@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ If you wish to make backups of the OMEMO keys then they can be found within:
~/.local/share/gajim
-~/.local/share/gajim +
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ If you wish to use OpenPGP to encrypt your messages then go to Edit/Accounts<
Jitsi can be downloaded from https://jitsi.org
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ You can also see this videThe default XMPP client in Ubuntu is Empathy. Using Empathy isn't as secure as using Jitsi, since it doesn't include the off the record feature, but since it's the default it's what many users will have easy access to.
@@ -368,18 +368,18 @@ Click on Advanced and make sure that Encryption required and IgTor Messenger is a messaging client which supports XMPP, and its onion routing enables you to protect the metadata of chat interactions to some extent by making it difficult for an adversary to know which server is talking to which. You can download Tor Messenger from torproject.org and the setup is pretty simple.
Install F-Droid
@@ -401,16 +401,20 @@ From the menu select Manage accounts and add a new account.Jabber ID: myusername@mydomain
+Jabber ID: myusername@mydomain
Password: your XMPP password
Hostname: mydomain (preferably your xmpp onion address)
Port: 5222
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Then select Next. When chatting you can use the lock icon to encrypt your conversation. OMEMO is the recommended type of encryption. It's also going through Tor, so passive surveillance of the metadata should not be easy for an adversary.
+ ++It's also recommended to disable battery optimisations for Conversations and Orbot. That can be done by going to Settings, selecting Battery then opening the menu (top right) and selecting Battery optimisations then selecting Not optimised and All apps, then finally choosing Conversations and Orbot not to be optimised. +
Use a Linux based phone operating system. Typically this will mean Android, but could also mean LineageOS or Replicant. LineageOS is the most preferable, because you can usually get an up to date image with a recent kernel which will give you better security against exploits. If you're buying a phone then look for a model which is supported by LineageOS. Replicant is the most free (as in freedom) but only runs on a small number of phone models. If you have a phone which runs a full GNU/Linux system then that's fantastic, and you can probably use it in much the same way as a desktop system and the rest of the advice on this page won't apply. If you don't have a phone capable of running a Linux based operating system then consider selling, giving away or bartering your existing one.
@@ -290,45 +290,45 @@ Why is it so important to run Linux on a phone? Aren't iThings supposed tSo maybe you're running Android and the phone came with some apps already installed. Almost certainly they'll be proprietary. Go to Settings/Apps and then uninstall or deactivate any apps which you really don't need. Mostly preinstalled apps are intended to send your data to companies who will then sell it to advertisers or governments under the business model of surveillance capital. It's not a good idea to get caught up in that, and to avoid becoming addicted to apps which are surveilling you without consent or installing spyware in the background without your knowledge.
Encrypt your phone. This can usually be done via Settings/Security and you may need to fully charge the phone first. Encryption means that if you lose your phone or it gets stolen then there is less chance that anyone who picks it up will get access to your data, photos and so on.
Installing F-droid and only adding any new apps via F-droid will ensure that you are always using free and open source software. Open source is not a panacea, since bugs can and do still occur, but it will help you to avoid the worst security and privacy pitfalls.
Add a lock screen, preferably with a password which is not easy for other people to guess or for quicker access with a PIN number. Install an app called Locker, activate it and set the maximum number of password guesses to ten (or whatever you feel comfortable with). If bad people get hold of your phone then they may try to brute force your lock screen password or PIN (i.e. automatically trying millions of common word and number combinations) and the locker app will prevent them from succeeding by resetting the phone back to its factory default condition and wiping the data.
Both governments and corporations want to compile matadata dossiers about you. Who you communicated with, when and how often. They want this so that they can data mine, simulate, predict and then ultimately influence (sometimes also called "nudge") your actions and preferences in the directions they prefer. By routing your connections through a number of proxy servers (Tor routers) you can make it perhaps not theoretically impossible but at least very hard for them to have a complete and accurate list of who your friends are, your religion, politics, likely health issues, sexual orientation and what news sites or books you read.
@@ -339,26 +339,26 @@ In F-droid under the repositories menu you can enable the guardian proThe easiest way to access email is by installing the Mailpile app. This keeps your GPG keys off of possibly insecure mobile devices but still enables encrypted email communications in an easy way. You can use K9 mail if you prefer, but that will require installing OpenKeychain and having your GPG keys on the device, which is a lot more risky.
For information on configuring various apps to work with Freedombone see the usage section. Also see advice on chat apps in the FAQ.
Even with free software apps it's not difficult to get into a situation where your battery doesn't last for long. To maximize battery life access RSS feeds via the onion-based mobile reader within a Tor-compatible browser and not from a locally installed RSS app.
@@ -370,12 +370,16 @@ If you have Syncthing installed then change the settings so that it only syncs wIf you're using the Riot mobile app to access a Matrix homeserver then you can significantly improve battery performance by going to the settings and changing Sync request timeout to 30 seconds and Delay between two sync requests to 600 seconds.
+ ++It's also recommended to disable battery optimisations for Conversations and Orbot. If you don't do that then you may have trouble receiving messages or some partts of the protocol may break. That can be done by going to Settings, selecting Battery then opening the menu (top right) and selecting Battery optimisations then selecting Not optimised and All apps, then finally choosing Conversations and Orbot not to be optimised. +
You can block known bad domains by editing the /system/etc/hosts file on your device. It is possible to use extensive ad-blocking hosts files used by other ad-blocking systems such as pi-hole, but merely blocking Facebook and Google Analytics will protect you against much of the corporate surveillance which goes on. Even if you don't have a Facebook account this may still be useful since they will still try to create a "ghost profile" of you, so the less data they have the better.