• OneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    5 hours ago

    I agree with the sentiment of your post, but I think the scope is way off. I read through the comments and I found things I did not expect to find here (which messenger is better) and not the stuff I was expecting to find, which is the actual survival game. Yeah sure, reliable secure telecommunications is an aspect of it, but if you really expect the US to pull a Holocaust on trans people there are several other things to think about, both before and after discussing the channels of communication.

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
    54·
    17 hours ago

    Fediverse sites are not private and secure. That is basically the entire point, it’s an open standard that shares information with whoever wants to spin up an instance to receive it.

    • bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      yup, what you post publicly is public. It’s the reason I find it irrational when people are complaining about X now lets blocked users see your posts. Your posts are public, people who created a fresh account can see your posts, it is already public, blocking stopping them from viewing your posts only gave you a false perception of privacy.

      The only advantage of fediverse is you can choose an instance that doesn’t sell your browsing habits, other instances can only see your public actions like public posts and votes.

    • Lucy :3@feddit.org
      23·
      17 hours ago

      Except using centralized social media (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) will guarantee your IP, probably location and other user data is logged onto a server, basically free for the fascists to see. Lemmy is at least decentralized, private, so more hurdles to request data from, by design not data hungry (eg. no apps that log your precise location for “advertisements”), and a lot of servers are out of the germans (oops, true, we’re not the nazis anymore/yet) americans jurisdictions.

  • KaRunChiy@fedia.io
    191·
    15 hours ago

    To all my girlies and guys and everyone else out there, while these next few years are going to be horrible to us, we have to hold strong. They chose us as the scapegoat for their problems, and we must show them that we are the real victims of this. Our pride as citizens of a free world comes before the overwhelming pressure of a potentially fascist government, and as scary as it will be, I really do have faith that we will be okay, and that the free world will be on our side. It may not even be in our lifetime, but it will come, and our actions in this day and age will determine this.

    • Lime Buzz@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      There’s no real evidence it is secure yet. You’re better off with Signal.

      SimpleX just doesn’t have the legal testing (yet).

      • marcie (she/her)@lemmy.mlOPM
        2·
        6 hours ago

        Signal unfortunately has a big barrier to entry (cell phone), many people that cannot afford that or not allowed it by family will be left out. Also verification via phone number means the government knows you’re using it for sure and they can try the big wrench method on you. If you do need to use it just download Molly.

        • Lime Buzz@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          Fair.

          However, SimpleX is very bare bones and does not have the security nor legal testing (I’ve not really seen an audit but maybe I missed it) meaning it cannot really be trusted yet and most normal folks won’t move to it. It’s been 2 years (or more) for example since someone asked for a proper iPad version and still nothing last we checked.

          There’s also no easy profile syncing yet.

          Let alone none of the features that make Signal easy to use and fun.

          Sadly Molly is only avaliable on Android and not everyone has Android on all their devices. Plus there’s Linux Tablets out there which can’t easily run it either.