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⚠️ A reminder that like all social networks Mastodon is not end-to-end encrypted. It is not designed or intended as a way to send sensitive information.
If you need to send private messages with sensitive content, use a secure messenger with end-to-end encryption both present and activated.
Some options are XMPP with OMEMO (joinjabber.org), @delta & @briar
Another is Signal, but Signal is centralised which makes it more vulnerable to enshittification or selling itself to Meta etc.
JoinJabber
Welcome to the JoinJabber community! An inclusive space on the Jabber network With Jabber you can securely chat or call with your friends and family.JoinJabber
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I don't use #FedEx due to it being a fascist government supporter but sometimes I have no choice but get stuff delivered from where the seller ships through them.
After previous attempts to get #ADA delivery instructions applies, and ignored, we have permanent ADA instructions on our address with FedEx that our attorney negotiated with them.
We just got another delivery from FedEx, the first one in a while, and they didn't respect the ADA negotiated pre-lawsuit settlement.
Time to contact the attorney.
They and their founders, have supported Trump from the start. A FedEx board member and executive is succeeding DeJoy at the USPS.
They are bitching a little now over tariffs but because it is hurting their bottom line.
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Top adviser to Iranian supreme leader dies in hospital after Israeli attack, Iranian media reports – live
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Sort of a F.U. to the Magats in my neighborhood.
Also a #genealogy aspect. I need to add a couple of flags for the heritage of my daughter and grandkids. I just didn't think about it when I selected the flags.
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in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •hisold
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •It's a very similar encryption algorithm.
Andrew Gallagher
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Lee 🏖️
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Against XMPP+OMEMO - Dhole Moments
Dhole MomentsFedi.Tips
in reply to Lee 🏖️ • • •Yes, have seen that.
They write: "(Federated networks) can feel like you’re controlling your own destiny, whether or not that’s true. And those emotions can be a powerful thing."
It's kind of patronising and arrogant, implying that those who value decentralisation are deluding themselves for emotional reasons 🙄
Sort of difficult to take the author seriously when they won't take the reader seriously.
They also don't say what happens if Signal's owner sells out to Meta again.
Buster | Felipe
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •they don't even need to sell out to Meta. They can be subpoena'd for user metadata, which is not encrypted, so police can know if you are in certain groups/chats.
@beachcomber
Victor Villas
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@beachcomber > Sort of difficult to take the author seriously when they won't take the reader seriously.
It is difficult, but you should be able to do it. Don’t discard the valid parts of the criticism just because the author is not writing this without biases. There are good points made in the article, even though I don’t think PGP is “stupid”.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Victor Villas • • •@villasbc
Fair enough! My main problem with the article though is it doesn't say what happens if Signal enshittifies. Even if Signal has the best encryption in the world now, it can change in the future.
Lots of centralised services start out really good and useful, but then turn bad when they get into a dominant position and have users locked in. There's just no easy way to leave a popular centralised messenger service, all your contacts are there.
F4GRX Sébastien
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to F4GRX Sébastien • • •Signal is run by Brian Acton, the billionaire who sold Whatsapp to Meta.
That's how he became a billionaire.
F4GRX Sébastien
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Daniel Nazer
in reply to F4GRX Sébastien • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Daniel Nazer • • •@danielnazer
"Anyone who scare-mongers with stuff like that is ... actively trying to undermine civil society."
Undermine civil society? For mildly questioning a platform run by a billionaire?
I don't think billionaires are on the side of civil society, it seems prudent to be cautious about their involvement.
Daniel Nazer
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •telling people to not use one of the most powerful privacy tools available is not mild questioning
Non-profit foundations do not have shares - Acton would not profit from its sale (even if one was remotely possible, which it isn’t). You are actively misinforming your followers and making it harder for them to protect their privacy.
Shame on you.
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Fedi.Tips
in reply to Daniel Nazer • • •@danielnazer
I didn't tell people not to use it, I warned them it was centralised.
"You are actively misinforming your followers"
That's kind of a serious accusation? Which specific part of my post is misinforming them?
It IS centralised, and that DOES make it more vulnerable. Are you saying I shouldn't inform them about this?
Luka Rubinjoni
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Luka Rubinjoni • • •Signal just works because it's centralised and gets lots of money from a billionaire.
This is the same path Whatsapp took, with the same guy in charge. The more people use it the closer it gets to that fate.
I get that Signal so much easier than other options, but that ease of use is for all the wrong reasons: centralisation and billionaire cash.
Luka Rubinjoni
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Luka Rubinjoni • • •@rubinjoni
If people can set up and use email, they can set up and use XMPP.
Luka Rubinjoni
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Luka Rubinjoni • • •@rubinjoni
What did they struggle with in the onboarding? Did they give you feedback about it?
Luka Rubinjoni
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •(((Baslow)))
in reply to Daniel Nazer • • •I am, however, somewhat troubled about possible developments in Switzerland which might require Signal (and Proton) to find another home...
Fedi.Tips
in reply to (((Baslow))) • • •@baslow
AFAIK Signal is based in the US? Their website lists their address as 650 Castro Street, Suite 120-223 Mountain View, CA 94041, USA.
(((Baslow)))
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •leckse
in reply to Daniel Nazer • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to leckse • • •@leckse @danielnazer
That is another problem, Signal is based in a country that is rapidly sliding into fascism, and the current US government does not respect the rule of law.
Federated networks avoid this by not having any central point that is vulnerable to takeover.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to F4GRX Sébastien • • •"does acton still has an executive power in 2025?"
According to a legal filing from Feb 2024, Brian Acton is the Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the Signal Technology Foundation:
bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/r…
Koos Pol 🇺🇦
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Koos Pol 🇺🇦 • • •@KoosPol
Being FOSS doesn't stop centralisation.
Centralisation is the problem, it means that someone nasty can take over the entire network very easily and people won't be able to leave because of the network effect that traps them there.
FOSS just means you could set up another network, but no one is going to join it because the big network won't federate with your network. This has happened with Signal, it refuses to federate with other instances of Signal.
Muhammeddd
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •davecykl
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Come on, those sneers at @signalapp are unwarranted.
#SignalApp was created by very privacy focused devs, its encryption tech is well regarded, and more recently even helped by a donation from one of WhatApp’s founders, who, after selling that to Meta, then realised that secure messaging •without that taint• is still necessary!
Sure, publicise other •security audited• systems •easily usable• by •non-techie• people, but…
Fedi.Tips
in reply to davecykl • • •It's not intended as sneering, it's a fact that being centralised makes you more vulnerable to takeovers and/or enshittification. It could be the most well-meaning person in the world running it, it's the structure that is the problem. It makes it too easy for outsiders to swoop in, and too tempting for insiders to sell out.
Another fact is that Signal is run by the billionaire who sold Whatsapp to Meta. It seems reasonable to be concerned he might do it again to get even richer.
davecykl
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Signal is aware of the problems of centralisation and does continue to work on improvements in that regard. You’re right to flag that as a concern, but be fair.
Yes, Brian Acton, formerly of WhatsApp, is now more recently involved with Signal (after having belatedly realised Meta couldn’t be trusted with WhatsApp), but he neither runs nor “owns” Signal and as open source tech it can’t be sold to Meta, etc (and would be forked if sthg bad ever did happen).
Fedi.Tips
in reply to davecykl • • •"but he neither runs nor “owns” Signal "
Acton is listed by the local government of California as the CEO, Secretary and CFO of the Signal Technology Foundation which owns Signal:
bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/r…
The form is dated Feb 2024 so I assume it is current.
davecykl
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Yes, he is heavily involved (thanks for the research, and, yes, I agree that one person having multiple key roles is very unhealthy!), but I’m sure he is not able to act unilaterally.
It’s absolutely the right thing to encourage use of secure messaging, and highlighting more secure systems away from less secure/private ones (eg, SMS, Telegram, WhatsApp), but while some interesting options are still less mature, a usable solution is surely better than none?
Fedi.Tips
in reply to davecykl • • •@davecykl
Fair enough, and just to be clear, I'm not saying don't use it, all the options have crappy sides to them. I wouldn't have mentioned Signal as an option otherwise.
But I am worried that if a centralised option becomes the default one, then history will just repeat itself 😦
My camera shoots fascists
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@davecykl
You didn't hot link to it in your original post, but did hotlink to others. That is passive discouragement.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to davecykl • • •@davecykl
"as open source tech it can’t be sold to Meta, etc (and would be forked if sthg bad ever did happen)."
It's not about the software, it's about the instance.
If you have a large collection of people on one instance, and the instance doesn't federate, then people are trapped there and will find it difficult to move elsewhere if the instance enshittifies and starts doing bad stuff.
FOSS doesn't stop the network effect, only decentralisation does.
davecykl
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •That is a very valid point and certainly not one that I am disagreeing with. 👍🙂
I’m not claiming Signal to be absolutely perfect, but I am suggesting that it’s probably better than nothing for ordinary non-techie people at the present time until other valid options become more mature and user friendly.
Luna Lactea
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
Unknown parent • • •@gianmarcogg03 @voxel
I'm not sure what you are saying is incorrect?
Brian Acton is the billionaire who sold Whatsapp and set up Signal. According to the newest filing I could find, he is currently CEO, Secretary and CFO of the Signal Foundation which owns Signal.
Gianmarco Gargiulo
Unknown parent • • •@voxel Wikipedia says the Signal Foundation was originally funded by Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp. So yeah, that statement was incorrect, even though I still agree it's better to be wary of centralized platforms.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(…
privacy-focused encrypted messaging app
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Fedi.Tips
Unknown parent • • •@voxel
Brian Acton set up Whatsapp and sold it to Meta.
Brian Acton set up Signal and is currently in charge of it.
Here is the legal filing showing he is CEO, Secretary and CFO of the Signal Foundation which owns Signal:
bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/r…
Tom Swerts
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •But without contacts 😢
What's a good way to get people to also sign up? Is starting with chat-groups the best way?
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Tom Swerts • • •@tswerts
The idea of joinjabber.org is to give people an easy way to get started, so I guess it might be useful to encourage others to sign up there and then exchange addresses with them so you can add them to your contacts.
It works in a similar way to the Fediverse, if you exchange addresses you can follow each other even if your server hasn't noticed their account yet.
If you want to set up your own server, @snikket_im is an excellent option which suits non-tech people too.
JoinJabber
JoinJabberStoneBear
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to StoneBear • • •@stonebear2
Enshittification doesn't happen in the growth phase. In the growth phase everything is great and users are treated like royalty.
But when a network becomes so dominant that people feel forced to use it (such as Whatsapp) then the enshittification can start, because people can't escape any more.
The more people that congregate on a centralised service, the closer you are bringing that service to enshittification, and the more people will be trapped on it.
Gianmarco Gargiulo
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@voxel maybe you're right, the Wikipedia article on the Signal Foundation says Acton is chairman of the foundation since 2018 and interim CEO of the Signal company since 2022.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_F…
American non-profit organization
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)