Comment on Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives
kpw@kbin.social 11 months agoSorry but I've been burned by WhatsApp before. Not wasting time on moving my contacts to another walled garden again. XMPP is actively developed and has most privacy features Signal does + most providers don't require a phone number and let you connect over Tor. Doing things properly and in an interoperable way takes more time but is absolutely worth it: https://snikket.org/blog/products-vs-protocols/
LWD@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Why are you listing lack of an identifier as a positive, when complaining you couldn’t move between two platforms that use the same identifier? It’s much harder to convert people to a system where the functionality and features are scatter shot.
And I prefer a product that exists to a high minded notion of what could exist. Like I said earlier, how often should I check in to see when 2016’s end-to-end encryption is formally adopted? Or even when it enters Draft status?
kpw@kbin.social 11 months ago
You can check how often you want, it's not going to affect anyone. Please don't check more than 5 times a second maybe.
LWD@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I’ll check biennially. And if I remember and still am using this account, I’ll tag you to celebrate a decade without an encryption standard, which is the future I predict
kpw@kbin.social 11 months ago
You care a lot about standardization of OMEMO, yet you don't apply the same to Signal which contributes exactly nothing to any standards body.
kpw@kbin.social 11 months ago
Great. I'll check if Signal is compatible with any internet standards too. I'll tag you to celebrate a decade without interoperability.