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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(12/n)</p><p>Founded with American VC, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> spyware firm <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParagonSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParagonSolution</span></a> seems to be coming full circle: the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> VC company AE Industrial Partners seems to have acquired it recently: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113925441768326458" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1139</span><span class="invisible">25441768326458</span></a></p><p>...shortly after signing a $2m contract with the infamous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113925438035086371" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1139</span><span class="invisible">25438035086371</span></a></p><p>-&gt; continued</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(11/n) </p><p>...via@TheGuardian:</p><p>"👉<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> says journalists and civil society members were targets of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> spyware,... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParagonSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParagonSolutions</span></a>...1)<br>👉Nearly 100 journalists and other members of civil society👈 using WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>,... </p><p>👉It is way past midnight to stop using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> products 2). 👈</p><p>2) <br>Or other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> apps.<br>//</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(10/n) </p><p>... of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CambridgeAnalyticaScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeAnalyticaScandal</span></a>: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110536835544913854" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1105</span><span class="invisible">36835544913854</span></a></p><p>No-one is safe from the FBI and the NSA anymore, as even during the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> Administration, illegal warrantless searches were frequent:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114024972369241754" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1140</span><span class="invisible">24972369241754</span></a>.</p><p>Even the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a>, not only in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a>, but also the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> has been targeted;</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113925430001498982" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1139</span><span class="invisible">25430001498982</span></a>:</p><p>...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(9/n) </p><p>... pushing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Threema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threema</span></a> for the general public, as it is the "least of all evil." This, in particular, as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> owner <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> is the worst/most leaky offender of them all. 👈 </p><p>The danger is not only immemt, but has been very real for many for some years, as the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProjectAnalyticaSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectAnalyticaSummit</span></a> showed years after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProjectAnalyticaScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectAnalyticaScandal</span></a> in the wake...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(8/n) </p><p>... can pick up your meta data directly from there, thanks to the [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>] <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CloudACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudACT</span></a>👈:... "</p><p>... my conclusion has been that, 👉despite some concerning political utterings by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Threema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threema</span></a> board member and the fact that, for years, it's encryption technology had been outdated... </p><p><a href="https://schnaeppchenfuchs.com/news/threema-kritik-verschluesselung" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schnaeppchenfuchs.com/news/thr</span><span class="invisible">eema-kritik-verschluesselung</span></a></p><p>... we should *still* rally around...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(7/n) </p><p>... 👉our international discussion: 👈</p><p><a href="https://pleroma.iselfhost.com/objects/ea0bf992-d6f0-41c8-b71a-3129fa725f72" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pleroma.iselfhost.com/objects/</span><span class="invisible">ea0bf992-d6f0-41c8-b71a-3129fa725f72</span></a></p><p>In conclusion, as all services using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> servers like signal have been compromised since the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> went into force, </p><p>"Since <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>'s entire traffic runs over the clouds of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWS</span></a>,] <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a>.</p><p>👉All US services...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(6/n) </p><p>... extensive analysis of alternatives about 2 years ago, most of which I had never heard of, despite the extensive discussions we've had here several times here in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> (of which I can only still find one convo: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110989244048659250" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1109</span><span class="invisible">89244048659250</span></a></p><p>There are but 2 alternatives of that French market research, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Olvid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olvid</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataBag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataBag</span></a>, that still made it...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(5/n) </p><p>... I still have one, but 👉federated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> just somehow can't seem to take hold outside of its own niche" 👈. </p><p>If you wanted to dig down even further, you'd get to the point where you'd have to deal with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protocols</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://eattherich.club/@jmhorner/110991346559623491" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eattherich.club/@jmhorner/1109</span><span class="invisible">91346559623491</span></a></p><p>A French 🇫🇷 librarian association made an...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(4/n) </p><p>....value anymore.👈 The future of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a> always seems somehow, em.. unconfirmed? An interesting project. I wonder where it will go. There's been a LOT of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a> [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a>] funding up to now, one might assume some return is expected at some point. Maybe not though. I've run <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jabber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jabber</span></a> servers in the past,...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(3/n) </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> </p><p>... still relegated to the "nerd niche," maybe unjustly so by now, IDK. (?) </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/@distopico/111007271703326651" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@distopico/111007</span><span class="invisible">271703326651</span></a></p><p>As <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@kino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kino</span></a></span> put it succintly in that convo,</p><p>"👉At this point I'm not taking the open source == good (just coz) argument at face...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(2/n) </p><p>... I've pointed out in an older thread 🧵 here and Cory <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> in a now famous speech about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a>, there's the severe lock-in effect, the negative aspects of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkEffect</span></a>.</p><p>There are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a>, the "ancient" and "obvious" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> choices. I've never used them but from what I've read, they were never able to gain much market share and are...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevril</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a></p><p>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataKraken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> with? 👈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightTechnofeudalism</span></a></p><p>(1/n) </p><p>True, however the most important criterion is that a replacement messenger app for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> must have any chance at replacing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>. <br>As a friend of mine phrased it here on Mastodon: "I have a hard time convincing my friend and family even to switch to [the known services,] <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Threema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threema</span></a>. <br>As...</p>