Support encryption, file transfer and groups for XMPP/Jabber

Feature Requests
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I consider XMPP/Jabber integration in SFOS a real plus and a great way to avoid being sucked into WhatsApp. However, there are 3 features that should be supported OOTB to make XMPP/Jabber a real alternative:

  1. end-to-end encryption (OMEMO if possible)
  2. sharing of media files
    and
  3. group support.

I know, some of those features can be ‘retrofitted’ by installing corresponding packages like telepathy-gabble-plus, but let’s be honest: that’s not an alternative for “non-nerd users” :wink:. And: I don’t like the idea of uninstalling and re-installing packages with every OS update too much.

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Adding XMPP users from SailfishOS’ own GUI should be part of this (see comments at bug report XMPP no longer works), because that’s a really basic feature, that’s definitely missing!

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There is no way around XMPP with OMEMO. We absolutely need this integrated.

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:+1: I find XMPP the most reliable federated instant messenger on mobile especially in 1:1 chats and I think the messages app is starting to be the last XMPP clients without support for OMEMO. I would also like to add links to the specifications.

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0384.html

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0363.html

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0454.html

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html

I hope this also includes support for XMPP bookmarks so the joined groups would get synced between clients instead of having to add them by hand.

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0402.html

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Just to be clear, you mean MUC, multi-user chat support?

I’m also interested in XMPP and all of the impulses here.

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Just to be clear, you mean MUC, multi-user chat support?

Exactly.