gasull @ gasull @lemmy.ml

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How to do this?

Mastodon/Lemmy instances can be forced to KYC you. So you would have to jump into hoops and move from instance to instance. It will be like torrent sites or darknet markets, that come and go.

Yes, you can self-host, and should, but most people don't want to be a sysadmin, and it isn't easy. Ideally you should be able to participate in a self-sovereign way without being a sysadmin. Just like:

• you can torrent something without being a sysadmin
• you can self-custody your cryptocurrency without being a sysadmin
• you can chat on SimpleX or Session and never be deplatformed without being a sysadmin
• you can use Nostr and never be deplatformed without being a sysadmin

If you need a VPN to access it, then the Fediverse isn't censorship-resistant. The VPN is. Even more, the Fediverse instance is geoblocking/censoring you.

Examples of services that geoblock you or KYC you:

• Reddit
• YouTube
• Fediverse instances

Examples of services that don't geoblock/KYC you:

• Tor
• Nostr
• IPFS
• I2P
• VPNs

Anything decentralized isn't DMCA-compliant.

• torrents
• IPFS
• also Odysee/LBRY, I believe

If I understand it right,

• the time-lock is from the time the recipient (Carol) starts decrypting the encrypted file sent by Bob.
• future microchips, according to Moore's Law, will decrypt the file much faster.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

SimpleX has the best privacy, because of removing metadata.

Signal comes close, and has many more users. Probably some of your friends already use it.

If you want something similar to Telegram/Discord/Slack, then Element (Matrix) is what you're looking for.

All of the above are E2EE.

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Apps that don't work:

• Google Pay

As far that I know, that's it.

There's NewPipe, which is open-source.

Why not Element/Matrix?

I just found this. Haven't tried it.

https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.burhanrashid52.photoediting/

Try https://simplex.chat. Better privacy and no phone number required.

Most cryptocurrency communities use Discord or Telegram. It's such an embarrasment.

You can just continue using Signal. All the alternatives will disappear from the app stores too unless they spy on you.

A recent alternative with even better privacy is SimpleX: https://simplex.chat/

If you need a Chromium derivative, then Brave is probably the best choice. It's open-source, and includes ad blocking. Just don't use its crypto token.

I prefer Firefox over Brave, but sometimes I might need a Chromium derivative for a particular site.

https://pastebin.com/gxfm3J7b

Elon didn't say he would charge all the X/Twitter users. The media just made that up.

Good for Mastodon, though.

Ferdium does this and it's open-source. It supports Lemmy too. And you can even add your custom website.