Purpose
Find a way to get mobile phone functions without a physical phone, or at least without a SIM card or using traditional (abusive) means. The vision is to separate the phone from the wireless services. One might use available WiFi services or a personal hotspot to connect. This creates an additional firewall to protect data and adds flexibility for the type of device that can be used, including the use of a Linux / open source devices.
XMPP
https://getstream.io/blog/xmpp-extensible-messaging-presence-protocol/ "Created in 1998 as the framework behind Jabber..."
- Uses an exchange of XML data, using a server as an intermediary.
- Can provide "presence" information (user is present/away, etc.)
- Uses TCP
- Can use TLS encryption
- Asynchronous push approach (rather than pull)
- Hosting can be decentralized -- users can set up their own servers
- Can function cross-protocols, including SMS, email, IRC
https://xmpp.org/software/?platform=linux lists a number of software clients, servers, libraries, etc. The list can be filtered by platform.
JMP
Website: https://jmp.chat/
Video interview on https://takebackourtech.org/xmpp-jmp/ actually hosted on Odyssee: https://odysee.com/@takebackourtech:f/xmpp-jmp:8?r=DZ4EWxZ7Qm3HPnNU3rnFQF4vmCxaxuye
- Presented by Take Back Our Tech (TBOT), creators of BeyondPhone, which includes a free trial of JMP. (BeyondPhone seems to have disappeared, but TBOT continues.
- Ramiro Romani, TBOT Founder
- Denver Gingerich "OSS Guy", started JMP in 2017
- Stephen Paul Weber, lead dev on JMP
- Allows XMPP users to communicate with phone users transparently & somewhat anonymously.
- Stephen had been using XMPP for 17 years...really wanted to send text from XMPP, met Denver...
- Denver decided to start a county