Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

[bazoogle@lemmy.world]

Facebook and twitter are not the same as signal. The signal protocol is a free open source project, that WhatsApp, Signal, and many other use. It secures the data so that whatever servers they are stored on, the company storing it does not know what the texts say. Facebook and Twitter are all about getting as much data as possible. Even though WhatsApp uses the signal protocol, they still collect all metadata with the texts (which is really what they want anyway). Moving to open source project is absolutely the long term goal to get out of this shit hole.

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

I’ve been wanting to test audio and video calls to see if I can use to play TTRPG instead of relying on discord. Sabe issue though, no one to test with. Let me know if you want to test either.

[bazoogle@lemmy.world]

It's not federated, but it is an open source secure texting alternative.

[e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de]

SimpleX is cool, but fails the "my grandmother can use it" requirement. Signal has the huge benefit that is just as easy as WhatsApp. With Simplex you have to invite each of your friends individually.

[bazoogle@lemmy.world]

Bluesky is a for profit company. Not the way to go.

[bazoogle@lemmy.world]

Do you mean the android apk?

[supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz]

yo, fuck discord, this is by far the most important one to emulate for me.

[supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz]

oh cool!

[bazoogle@lemmy.world]

I stopped with Signal. Getting coworkers/family to move to signal was enough work, but I also trust the signal protocol enough to use a centralized service

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

It’s for short form videos, it’s mimicking its competitors UX right now (namely YouTube shorts, Instagram reels and TikTok). Neither has thumb down or show you how long a video is.

As for content… the users generate content, not the software. So… how many good videos have you uploaded?

[drathvedro@lemm.ee]

Let’s say the US gov starts agressively prosecuting dissidents and certain minorities (they already do): can and should we still use signal in this case?

Definitely no. Russian government already is aggressively prosecuting dissidents and you can't join Signal there. I don't know whether it's due to sanctions or if the government is blocking 2FA SMS messages. In either case, it is impossible to join without a phone number confirmation. At least I wasn't able to. I don't see the USA being that far off with all the recent TikTok drama.

[jigglysackles@lemmy.world]

Is Threema still a good option? Anyone know?

[pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

guilded could be consider one but really matrix and revolt are the privacy ones

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

Funny, when Facebook started there was almost no one I knew there either. It was its doom. It crashed and burned before it even got off the ground. Orkut still reigns supreme.

[landedgentry@lemmy.zip]

Blasted out on my dead social media accounts. Except shitter, which I actually deleted lol

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

[supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz]

Which I think dansup should deserve our trust on this for quite a long time for doing. It isn't empty promises if they already made Pixelfed and opensourced it.

Like.. I suppose it could be a grift, anything could but I see no reason to question their goals or motives.

[supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz]

Those memes remind me I don't actually hate myself I hate the system I am forced to interface with.

Without them I would not take more action, I would just hate myself more and be even sadder.

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

It’s the XcQ at the end that does it for me.

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

SMS is so ass, I can’t even.