Notices by Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: (kzimmermann@fosstodon.org)

"But it's only #metadata…" they say.

#privacy #surveillance #thenib

"Tech support. How may I help you?"

I never liked #Telegram in first place.

Shady homebrew crypto that once got broken, crowning themselves as "savior of #privacy" when nobody can verify the whole stack, and now this: #ads in chats.

https://telegram.dog/durov/142

Use #XMPP with proper #e2ee (like #OMEMO) or nothing at all. You can't have a realistic expectation of privacy otherwise.

Link by @thenewoil ne

@codewiz thank you for the insight. I understand he had a tough choice to make.

On the other hand, though, on of the strengths behind a federation is that nobody needs to be the "backbone" of it. This is not to say that everyone easily can, will or even wants to self-host, but the possibility at least is there - in the code.

But of course, being free to choose is even more important than federating, so if you like Telegram, by all means keep using it - it's just that I won't.

@thenewoil

@codewiz
Nice! I can only imagine how it was doing that. If we can replicate that model in today's environment it would be great, but would require quite a lot of self organization I guess
@thenewoil