Everyone share everywhere:
@_elena 's primer on the #fediverse #mastodon
In an ideal world everyone would leave the lying, spying, manipulating #bigot's playground that is #centralized #corporate #socialMedia
so let us get the word out and make it happen!
@ciourte @netopwibby Needless to say I've only heard of some Spanish low-cost #MVNO offering one device only in a #prepaid #bundle when #FirefoxOS was unveiled at the #MWC in #Barcelona based off coverage in @ct_Magazin at the time.
Alas @Mozilla deciding on purpose to literally splinter the market by letting #MNO|s and MVNOs run their #AppStore|s instead of a #centralized model, making the situation worse than in the "P.R." #China where there are several vendor-independent #AppStores for #Android.
Still, I'm #StillMad at #Mozilla for faceplanting Firefox OS cuz it had the easiest way to get started and a good architecture being every #App is just a #WebApp and all the system calls were standard #HTML5 permissions and nothing fancy.
Massimo supporto per Monica Favretti Bortolani, artista Brasiliana.
Ecco la 💩 che succede quando si dipende da piattaforme centralizzate.
YOUTUBE = 💩
@fgntfg @tennoseremel As someone who uses XMPP as their only chat and calling medium, I beg to differ 😉
Also, people are now quitting #Telegram because of their AI bullshit. Like any #centralized platform, it was bound to abuse its users sooner or later. #Federated protocols like #XMPP are the only sensible option.
I suggest you come and rediscover XMPP. Check out some good clients and servers -
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html#getting-started
And find yourself some channels -
http://search.jabber.network/tags/
@annmygdala I’ve written a fair bit about fighting network effect in the IM space. By boycotting all #proprietary and #centralized platforms - #WhatsApp, #Telegram, #Discord, #Signal, etc - I’ve managed to bring over a hundred people to #XMPP all by myself. Now, if only more people were doing the same…
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html#onboarding-and-advocacy
@dgar Love the variety of synonyms for "died" 😆
Lessons to be learned -
• Boycott #proprietary software - use #FreedomRespecting software (a.k.a. #Libre / #OpenSource / #FreeSoftware) which is free of corporate control, and
• Boycott #centralized services - use #federated services so you aren't locked into one service.
#XMPP is still around, and thriving.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
Still a #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider service that snitches on users if it ain't yet another #Honeypot like #ANØM...
@debby #Mumble, #IRC, #XMPP (+OMEMO = @gajim / #monoclesChat) & #Linphone (#SIP / #VoIP) are the better options. #NextcloudTalk also exist and @monocles as well as @Stuxhost offer that.
#Signal and #Session are #proprietary, #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solutions!
And #Matrix is just a shittier #XMPP+#OMEMO. Give @delta / #DeltaChat a try instead.
OfC #JitsiMeet and #WebCall are also great!
@adisonverlice I think that's dangerous disinfo as @torproject actively works against attempts to fingerprint and track #Tor users.
In fact, Tor has been designed with the explicit goal to circumvent #Firewalls and #InternetCensorship methods like #DeepApcketInspection.
As a matter of principle I'd never vouch for any #centralized, #SingleVendor and/or #SingleProvider solution of any kind, including #Session.
For #Discord, the end-times are sooner than we think.
With the pickup of Ex-Activision Exec Humam Sakhnini, you know, the Call of M̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ Duty publisher, as CEO of Discord, we can effectively say "goodbye" to what Discord is, and "hello" to the complete #enshittification of a service marching headfirst into #IPO.
Sorry ya'll, but we're due to move off another #centralized place we love if we care about the services we get. And it sucks, because Discord has a good UX.
Une indication de plus que Bluesky ne sera jamais décentralisé, l'entreprise va valider des tiers (Trusted Verifier) pour afficher des coches de vérification.
@lukadjo @ApAlun @Crispius @fedilore @freeagent @vfrmedia
just an idea
(not an original one):
the problem with #algorithms on #centralized #socialMedia is that they can be manipulated
on the #fediverse why not have a menu of #openSource algorithms that anyone can write (audited so they are genuinely manipulation-free)?
people can freely choose one, and they can sink into their #algorithm stupor
if that's what they want
is there harm in that?
i'm not saying they *have* to do that
@adisonverlice it's not just re: #Governments (tho #Project2025 explicitly endorses unsactioned comms to twart attempts at #FIOA or any #accountability for that matter), but individuals or any organization:
And if #EncroChat got pwned, who's gonna guarantee @signalapp won't if it's actually secure or isn't an #InsideJob like #ANØM.
After all, both #Signal's Organization and key people like @Mer__edith are known to the authorities by more than just their legal name.
After all, Signal can't pull the 5th and refuse to comply!
@bob_zim yeah. Seen it. in the writeup by @micahflee ...
I just hope to find any that ain't #NetLock'd / #SimLock'd to #Verizon and that these support more than #US-#LTE bands...
I just wish @eff wouldn't expect everyone to use #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider services like @signalapp in the age of #CloudAct, cuz neither I nor anyone I'd trust would submit #PII to them like a #PhoneNumer as a matter of principle!
@simendsjo @jackdaniel #XMPP has all those features, and there's a fairly big #Lisp / #Scheme / #CommonLisp channel there - https://xmpp.link/#lisp@conference.a3.pm?join
It might not have everything that #Discord does, but it's vastly better than #IRC. And there's a cost to using #proprietary and #centralized services, which people constantly forget about in chasing convenience and shiny features.
Here's a guide to help you get started.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
If #Signal and #Gmail are not sufficient for #Republicans to use for #American #Government #Communications, should you use them?
#email #chat #im #instantmessaging #centralized #decentralized
Decentralization against AI:
Big Tech's sole interest is to control the narratives through biases, algorithms, #AI.
In the past, they bought newspapers and journalists; now they buy platforms and bots. But without users, they have no value. Underfeeding #centralized networks is the way against AI⚡️
1/5 ⬇️
@signalapp no it's not.
Being a #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solution subject to #CloudAct makes you inherently vulnerable by your own choice and thus trivial to shutdown compared to real #E2EE with #SelfCustody of all the keys and true #decentralization as well as #SelfHosting (i.e. #PGP/MIME [see @delta / #deltaChat et. al.] and #XMPP+#OMEMO [see @monocles / #monoclesChat et. al.]!)
And don't even get me started on you collecting #PII (espechally #PhoneNumbers) for no valid reason, (thus violating #GDPR & #BDSG)...
But yeah, I'll be patient to shout "#ToldYaSo" to your annoying cult of fanboys!
@dzwiedziu @fj @signalapp not really, as the #Metadata #FUD cited by #Signal is mitigateable with proper measures.
Every claim that things like #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec can be solved with "Just use Signal!" is "#TechPopulism" at best if not being a "#UsefulIdiot"!
