Im surprised there are zero calls to any official matrix server(s) from those instances.

Not even random API for metadata, update status, etc?

Telemtry is a word. It only means as much as it means in each context, and without full context it means little atm.

Do you have a resource where I could learn more about what data Matrix considers telemetry?

No clue, not familiar with Matrix to that level.

Do you have numbers without?

WhatsApp supposedly uses Signal protocol.

Why is THAT not blocked? Certainly they wouldnt roll their own encryption and bypass Signal security protocols after having Moxie come in, right? Right???

Tiktok is being targeted at a harsher clip than American companies and thats a fallacy somehow?

You’re not aware that Biden signed the ban already?

https://www.theverge.com/23651507/tiktok-ban-us-news

A fine like that is just “the cost of doing business”.

Tiktok is facing a nationwide ban.

Please dont tell me that was an earnest argument.

Easier to emphasize a boogeyman instead of solving an actual problem, I guess

Whatsapp uses the Signal protocol but they have also been known to read as much metadata as possible.

The creator of Signal helped FB implement the code, but ive been afraid that the mega Corp rolled their own crypto and superceded the protections put in place from Moxie.

That said, I dont know if its possible to have a 3rd partty front end anymore for WhatsApp.

When do we focus on Meta, Google, Twitter, Kick, etc as well?

All these companies do the same exact data harvesting.

So you know its not single device, yet still said it was?

Honorable mention to Matrix as well

Once again focusing on the “villain” Chinese company, instead of performing sweeping reforms that will actually stop this shit from happening.

Because im sure that Google, Meta, YT, and other American sites DEFINITELY dont do the same things…

What money isnt proprietary?

This will work for about 10 minutes. Better off wearing a facemask, bandana, juggalo face paint, etc

None of these big tech companies are profitable because they pay their execs insane amounts of bonuses

LBRY is interesting, but the platform is stale af idk whats up with the project.

Peertube seems to be the best option that already exists

You think govt officials can ingest, articulate, or even fathom what ZKrollups are?

We have the wrong people in govt unfortunately. Its mostly lawyers.

But yea, some sort of ZK schema would be interesting. Still dislike the porn credits tho.

Metadata tags mean they can try, idk how easy it is tho

DDG chatbot uses chatgpt protocol, so how much privacy is there in this app?

WhatsApp uses Signal protocol, might try getting your friends/groups to switch over to the better app?

Absolutely disgusting. Privacy is a right!

Telegram isnt really e2ee so he wants to champion the less secure option. Gee, I wonder why???

It was the first result when i searched for “musk signal”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/in-the-battle-of-telegram-vs-signal-elon-musk-casts-doubt-on-the-security-of-the-app-he-once-championed/ar-BB1mgWJn

The 3rd emoji is just bs. Then again, most of his post is bs

CertIfied Organic data

I usually recommend FOSS keyboards, seems to be the safer bet

It may not be that simple though.

Chatgpt is licensing their product to lots of entities and then the licensees relabel the AI as their own with a line somewhere that says “powered by Chatgpt” or similar.

For example, Bing AI is just chatgpt-4.

So if DDG is simply licensing out chatgpt, id definitely have eprivacy concerns.

Doesn’t the VPN own your traffic though?

Private VPN seems the only real way

Best guess would be a privacy focused chat app like Signal or Matrix.

Otherwise you may want to look at crypto bases file storage ala Filecoin or potentially even Pixelfed

Back then? Who knows

Absolutely. They are entrenched in their regulations so much that it takes forever to change things.

Years ago, I had an account at an american big4 bank with an 8 character password and was going through and making all my passwords unique. I was changing everything to random strings of 20-30 characters (this isnt the best practice, btw, but still better than 8chars), so when I get to this bank account it capped me at 15chars. I couldnt believe the forced low entropy they gave me for something as vital as a bank account.

I asked them why, and basically they said their system would break with anything over 15chars.

The other 2 commenters are wrong. URLs as they appear in your web browser are NOT encrypted when sent over https protocols.

The only data that is encrypted is POST data, and ONLY if it is sent over HTTPS.

So for example, a website login page crafts a URL like https://some.example.com/login?sessionID=12345678 and when you log in to the site extra parameters like Username and Password are sent via POST data, then anyone listening to your web traffic (like the NSA or your neighbor with wireshark) will br able to see the website and the sessionID, but not the login details as they will only show up encrypted.

However, if the site is ran by idiots who pass the data in the URL like this https://some.example.com/login?sessionID=12345678&username=Homer&password=Simpson, then ANYONE listeneing would have your credentials.

Take my angry upvote 😄

Yea, ive gotten pretty wide adoption from friends and family on Signal, but id love to have a comparable product with even more features/security/privacy

Matrix may get there eventually, but for now its Signal.

I believe Moxie helped them integrate Signal protocol into WA successfully while preserving user integrity and privacy.

However, it wouldnt be out of the realm for them to make modifications to their custom protocol that Moxie helped design, and turn it into a privacy nightmare after the fact.