soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Admin email
social@octade.net

Search results for tag #decentralization

[?]adb » 🌐
@adbenitez@mastodon.de

@calaad

> Un des problèmes actuels de Deltachat, c'est la centralisation de fait. Un peu tout le monde choisi le serveur "nine.testrun.org"

that was just an intermediate step, nine.testrun.org was offered as a stable relay, choosing randomly could end up in using a poorly maintained relay that got abandoned and then you or your family would be left like "Delta Chat doesn't work anymore"

anyways, good news! finally since the release 2.62.0 nine.testrun.org is no longer the hard-coded relay! now 3 random relays are chosen and used! so if one goes down the others will be used without ending up with a dead relay, and further improvements will come in this area, as replacing relays that stopped working automatically, learning new relays from the ones used by your peers etc.

so in fact Delta Chat right now is at the peak of , way above , , and any other decentralized platform, because it is not only decentralized but it is "multi-homing", in other decentralized platforms if your server dies your profile is lost and you have to start all over, in you can have several home servers at the same time and even replace them on the fly while keeping all your chats, contacts, messages, groups, channels, etc. your profile lives in your devices, not in any server

@ploum @sebsauvage @brunoleyval @delta @tirodem

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    [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
    @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

    Get out of your comfort zone, don't sacrifice freedom for short-term convenience

      [?]F-Droid » 🌐
      @fdroidorg@floss.social

      @thomasdorr Great to see at work. But we wait for the app in too 😉

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        [?]adb » 🌐
        @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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        [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
        @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

        when other platforms add age verification, governments throttle the network or block centralized chat services, etc.

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          [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
          @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

          Switching from / to is not a solution if you really care about and

          Signal depends on and fuels millions of users' donations to them every year

          All of them are centralized services and depend on phone numbers, which makes them easy to censor

          The best services are the one that don't require any personal data at all to register, nor payment, like

          Keep the safe 💜✨️

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            [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
            @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

            So is now sharing your messages with a 3rd party service when you use certain features in the app

            over the years Telegram has become worse and worse, right now it looks like a crypto-scam lottery-something, with ads in-chat and requiring you to buy premium for basic features

            centralized platforms are bound to enshitification, it is a time trap, don't fall for it, choose , choose , choose

              [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
              @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

              No phone numbers or any personal data required for registration with ArcaneChat

              (A staff and purple robes is highly recommended tho)

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                [?]adb » 🌐
                @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                [?]F-Droid » 🌐
                @fdroidorg@floss.social

                @rosaaeterna @IzzyOnDroid You can create your own repository for you favorite apps that aren't available in other repos.

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                  [?]adb » 🌐
                  @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                  [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                  @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                  Centralized platforms will never be the solution for privacy and autonomy, it is crazy but all that multi-millions-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of , and as does

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                    [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                    @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                    only mages with strong willpower manage to cast this

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                      [?]adb » 🌐
                      @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                      [?]adb » 🌐
                      @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                      [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                      @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                      Friends don't let friends in centralized walled gardens

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                        [?]adb » 🌐
                        @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                        @snap here, have another flyer to help you in your quest 👏👏👏

                        EDIT: fix typo in flyer

                          [?]adb » 🌐
                          @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                          [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                          @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                          Centralized platforms will never be the solution, it's crazy but all that multi-million-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of , and as does

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                            [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                            @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                            fighting and big tech, one distant cousin at a time 😈

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                              [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                              @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

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                              [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                              @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                              A guide to red flags 🟥

                              if an app takes all your chats and data captive and force you to update

                              🚨 maybe you are in the wrong place ❗

                              with your data is always with you, in your pocket 💜

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                                [?]adb » 🌐
                                @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                [?]adb » 🌐
                                @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                                this is really super cool:

                                likebutter.app/blog/butterbox-

                                quite some other projects try to solve "offline communications" by using Bluetooth but I think this is very unpractical for anything that is not looking like an IRC or SMS app

                                but if people setup local interconnected wifi hotspots and build a mesh network in the cities/towns then you can have a something much more interesting while not draining everyone's battery

                                enabling people to do things like this and becoming truly resilient and autonomous

                                things like this you can never do with centralized messengers like , , , etc. if you really care about digital independence, centralized alternatives are just NOT an option at all

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                                  [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                  @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                  Meet ArcaneChat: a secure and private messenger

                                  Anonymous: No SIM card needed! No phone numbers required for registration, just set a name and start chatting!

                                  Private: All your conversations are end-to-end encrypted

                                  Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link or QR with can contact you

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                                    [?]adb » 🌐
                                    @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                    @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                    [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                    @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                    we are happy to hear reports from parents that say the small ones of the family like a lot ArcaneChat and the in-chat mini-apps

                                      [?]Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️ [Surprise me.] » 🤖 🌐
                                      @Blort@social.tchncs.de

                                      @evan

                                      And in Activitypub I'm sure there are a lot of features specific to code handling that likely aren't supported. That's why it seems to me that unless either protocol has a major rewrite with this specific usecase in mind, that we're going to have to Frankenstein this.

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                                        [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                        @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                        Meet ArcaneChat: a secure and private messenger

                                        Anonymous: No SIM card needed! No phone numbers required for registration, just set a name and start chatting!

                                        Private: All your conversations are end-to-end encrypted

                                        Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link or QR with can contact you

                                          [?]adb » 🌐
                                          @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                                          I gotta be honest, it's not a bad time to be a fish.

                                          But since you are trapped in that human body, at least you can join the one and only decentralized end-to-end encrypted anonymous lefty politics and climate activism memes channel in the world!

                                          Meme Logistics - Your go-to fun lefty memes supply chain

                                          i.delta.chat/#818297831FAA0AB9

                                          there is even more channels for you to discover at:
                                          arcanechat.me/channels

                                            [?]Guy [he/him] » 🌐
                                            @phlogiston@mastodon.nz

                                            Quite interesting, isn't it? Aotearoa NZ is discovering that decentralised for power grid infrastructure is the way to go for resilience, cost and meeting climate goals. Additionally, it gives us significantly more sovereignty from overseas suppliers.

                                            Now Aotearoa will also need to see this with IT infrastructure. to boost resilience over centralisation via SaaS and hyper scaler's infrastructure.

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                                              [?]adb » 🌐
                                              @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                              [?]Ethan Black » 🌐
                                              @golemwire@social.golemwire.com

                                              Check it out: development is being done in to add support!

                                              https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/work_items/11247

                                              Started 2023; last activity I saw was 2 months ago.


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                                                [?]adb » 🌐
                                                @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                                [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                ** when you meet someone and they ask you for a way to keep in contact **

                                                Centralized chat solutions that require phone numbers to work will never give you the digital independence and you deserve

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                                                  [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                  @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                  Some people in try to get away from but fail short then just moving to , it runs on servers and fuels millions of dollars into them every year

                                                  if you really want digital independence you need something that is decentralized and you can host yourself, something that can't be taken away form you

                                                  ideally something that doesn't require phone numbers

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                                                    [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                    @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                    new in-chat mini game available for free to ArcaneChat supporters:

                                                    Name: Go
                                                    Description: Play the classic game of Go for 2 players
                                                    (and many observers possible) inside ArcaneChat.

                                                    Get it at: ko-fi.com/s/cd2489d0e7

                                                    Get that and more at ko-fi.com/adbenitez/shop

                                                      [?]soapdog » 🌐
                                                      @soapdog@social.soapdog.org

                                                      so happy people at #dwebcamp shared wonderful memories of #SecureScuttlebutt and showed interest in Poncho Wonky app.

                                                      Those of you that want take it for a ride, binary releases are at:

                                                      https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/tag/v5.3.0

                                                      #decentralization

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                                                        [?]adb » 🌐
                                                        @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                                                        the list of channels in grew quite a lot! 15 channels listed now, thanks a lot to @gluek for bridging the channels!

                                                        [?]Rolle Laukkarinen » 🌐
                                                        @rolle@mementomori.social

                                                        I moved my Bluesky account to Eurosky. It was the most technical thing I have done since updating DNS records, honestly 😅 I had to deal with migrator tools, DIDs, rotation keys, recovery keys, Migration Tokens, typing in my old password, new password, old handle, new handle, "PDS Mover - Missing Blobs Importer"...

                                                        There are explanations like "do not close this page!" and "monitor your email!" and "If you're wondering what 'blobs' are, that is simply what media files are called on the AT Protocol, the network that includes Bluesky, Eurosky and others."

                                                        For me as a nerd, things like these are naturally part of everyday life, just like setting up DNS records or configuring services, installing servers and infrastructures, programming and so on. But they said mAsToD0n iS diFfIcUlt wHaT is A sErVeR sO cOmPLIcaTed?!! Moving a Mastodon account from one instance to another seems like a walk in the park in comparison. My mom would not know how to migrate a Bluesky account to Europe.

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                                                          [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                          @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                          Apple's ‘Hide My Email’ Feature May Reveal Users’ Real Addresses

                                                          This vulnerability has been know over a year by now, if you want to be anonymous use ArcaneChat instead!

                                                          Keep the family safe 🤗💜✨

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                                                            [?]DWeb » 🌐
                                                            @dweb@social.coop

                                                            We would have never been able to organise DWeb Camp in Germany if it wasn’t for the Department of Decentralization, our invaluable partners, taking care of so many critical aspects of the event.

                                                            👾 Get to know them and learn more in this interview to their members ➡️ getdweb.net/dod

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                                                              [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                              @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                              not a supporter of ArcaneChat yet??? you can not only watch but also be part of the change! ✨

                                                              no amount is too small!

                                                              💜 join our contributors 👉 arcanechat.me/#contribute

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                                                                [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                this kind of paradox is avoided with ArcaneChat

                                                                just type at your own pace and without the pressure that the other side knowing 🧙‍♂️

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                                                                  [?]DWeb » 🌐
                                                                  @dweb@social.coop

                                                                  💡 Liz Sweigart is coming to DWeb Camp with a vision: “Reimagining the Open Social Web from the Edge: Freedom Tech Across Mesh, Mobile, and Peer-to-Peer Infrastructure”

                                                                  talx.dod.ngo/dwebcamp-2026/tal

                                                                  ➡️ Full schedule here: dwebcamp.org/schedule

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                                                                    [?]Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 » 🌐
                                                                    @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org

                                                                    “The thing is, when working on decentralized tech, I always believed it was important because we had serious risks from centralization, surveillance, etc from governments and corporations, potentially co-conspiring. But what I hadn't anticipated is that as things became more centralized, the will to fight for the internet as something in the public interest too would evaporate.

                                                                    When I have conversations with family members and friends who haven't yet thought much about the age verification and similar bills and their consequences, they've said "well, someone has to hold corporations like Meta" responsible. To which I say, "but what about all the smaller, non-corporate parts of the internet?" To which, many people are surprised, because they've simply forgotten about those things.

                                                                    When the internet and computing becomes five corporations to most people, they begin to treat it as the concerns of reigning in five corporations.“

                                                                    dustycloud.org/blog/what-happe

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                                                                      [?]DWeb » 🌐
                                                                      @dweb@social.coop

                                                                      @cwebber is flying to DWeb Camp on a Hooting owl with a platoon of Goblins to introduce “@spritely: painting a new vision for the Internet”

                                                                      🦉 talx.dod.ngo/dwebcamp-2026/tal

                                                                      ➡️ Check out the full schedule here: dwebcamp.org/schedule

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                                                                        [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                        @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                        🎉 New channel for , and other clients:

                                                                        Greenpeace International: Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.

                                                                        With automated posts from @greenpeace

                                                                        here is the invite link 👇️️
                                                                        i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC5730320

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                                                                          [?]adb » 🌐
                                                                          @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                                                                          join the one and only decentralized end-to-end encrypted anonymous lefty politics and climate activism memes channel in the world!

                                                                          Meme Logistics - Your go-to fun lefty memes supply chain

                                                                          here is the invite link 👇️️
                                                                          i.delta.chat/#818297831FAA0AB9

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                                                                            [?]adb » 🌐
                                                                            @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                                                                            new channel for , and other clients (encrypted email newsletter!)

                                                                            Pluralistic - Daily links from Cory Doctorow

                                                                            The channel is auto-generated from @pluralistic 's feed

                                                                            here is the invite link 👇️
                                                                            i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC5730320

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                                                                              [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                              @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

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                                                                              [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                              @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                              🔮ArcaneChat Spoilers✨

                                                                              for the next version of the message input bar got redesigned!

                                                                              now it looks more modern, similar to & 's, and more in line with 's edge-to-edge design

                                                                              💜 if you like ArcaneChat and what we do, please consider making a donation, no amount is too small!
                                                                              arcanechat.me/#contribute

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                                                                                [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                Meet ArcaneChat: a secure and private messenger

                                                                                Anonymous: No SIM card needed! No phone numbers required for registration, just set a name and start chatting!

                                                                                Private: All your conversations are end-to-end encrypted

                                                                                Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link or QR with can contact you

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                                                                                  [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                  @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

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                                                                                  [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                  @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                  🔮ArcaneChat Spoilers✨

                                                                                  some say first impressions are important, more when you are trying to convince friends and family to join you in ArcaneChat

                                                                                  that is why the next ArcaneChat version comes with a new revamped welcome screen!

                                                                                  bonus: the logo levitates smoothly, to give it that magic touch ✨

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                                                                                    [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                    @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

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                                                                                    [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                    @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                    LIFE HACK: you can pin as many chats as you want in

                                                                                    no need for anyone to micro-control such little aspects of your life in a centralized server...

                                                                                    live the way you want to live, there is no limit ✨

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                                                                                      [?]adb » 🌐
                                                                                      @adbenitez@mastodon.de

                                                                                      new channel for , and other clients:

                                                                                      heyokyay (content by @heyokyay )

                                                                                      Comics about life, love and all the cats in between. 🍪

                                                                                      invite link to join:
                                                                                      i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC5730320

                                                                                      (NOTE: the channel is auto-generated from heyokyay's official feed)

                                                                                        [?]DWeb » 🌐
                                                                                        @dweb@social.coop

                                                                                        🎉 The Schedule of DWeb Camp 2026 is out 🎉

                                                                                        We received an unprecedented amount of proposals for this year.

                                                                                        Our incredible track curators and our scheduling team worked hard to accept as many as possible.

                                                                                        ➡️ Here is the long-awaited schedule: dwebcamp.org/schedule ⬅️

                                                                                        ⚠️ Expect changes: we are still ironing out the details.

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                                                                                          [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                          @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                          Did you know you can join Ars Technica ( @arstechnica ) channel via , and other clients?

                                                                                          it is a completely encrypted channel! like you have never seen before in other platforms that have channels! for example in and all channels are unencrypted!

                                                                                          also the channel is uncensorable!

                                                                                          (NOTE: the channel is generated from official Ars Technica RSS feed)

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                                                                                            [?]adb » 🌐
                                                                                            @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                                                                            [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                            @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                            Happy father's day for the ArcaneChat fathers out there!

                                                                                            We went to the mountains of the Black Forest to collect some wild flowers for you!

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                                                                                              [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                              @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                              two new Linux channels for you! now available in , and other clients!

                                                                                              basically encrypted email newsletters, how cool is that???

                                                                                              Channels name:

                                                                                              It's FOSS by @itsfoss

                                                                                              nixCraft by @nixCraft

                                                                                              You can discover the channels invitation link here:

                                                                                              arcanechat.me/channels

                                                                                              (NOTE: the channels are generated from the official RSS feeds)

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                                                                                                [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                                @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                Meet : a secure and decentralized private messenger

                                                                                                Anonymous: No phone number or any data required for registration!

                                                                                                Private: All your conversations and pictures are end-to-end encrypted, only visible by the chat members

                                                                                                Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link can talk to you

                                                                                                It is magic! ✨

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                                                                                                  [?]adb » 🌐
                                                                                                  @adbenitez@mastodon.de

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                                                                                                  [?]Agregore Browser » 🌐
                                                                                                  @agregore@mastodon.mauve.moe

                                                                                                  Interested in and ? Want to contribute to software?

                                                                                                  Check out our "good first issue" project board and see if something sparks your interest.

                                                                                                  github.com/orgs/AgregoreWeb/pr

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                                                                                                    [?]xoron :verified: » 🌐
                                                                                                    @xoron@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                    WhatsApp Clone, but Decentralized with P2P Messaging

                                                                                                    App: Enkrypted.Chat

                                                                                                    "Secure and private" is the general goal.

                                                                                                    This is a technical/concept demo of a fairly unique approach using a browser-based, local-first and webrtc.

                                                                                                    This is intended to introduce a new paradigm in client-side managed secure cryptography. We can avoid registration of any sort.

                                                                                                    Features:

                                                                                                    * P2P
                                                                                                    * End to end encryption
                                                                                                    * Signal protocol
                                                                                                    * Post-Quantum cryptography
                                                                                                    * File transfer
                                                                                                    * Local-first
                                                                                                    * No registration
                                                                                                    * No installation
                                                                                                    * No database
                                                                                                    * TURN server

                                                                                                    Feel free to reach out for clarity instead of diving into the docs/code.

                                                                                                    IMPORTANT: While this is aiming to provide a secure experience, it isnt audited or reviewed. **Shared for testing, feedback and demo purposes only.** Please use responsibly.

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                                                                                                      [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                                      @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                      The fact that had to take down for users outside of the US by order of the US government shows how critical it is today to rely on US services

                                                                                                      Imagine they'd do the same with , you will not be able to talk to your and friends anymore

                                                                                                      This should be a wake-up call for everyone to rely on your own server infrastructure, running with

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                                                                                                        [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                                        @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                        Switching from / to , or other centralized chat apps, is not a solution if you really care about , and /

                                                                                                        all of them are centralized services and depend on phone numbers, which makes them super easy to censor, the best services are the one that don't require any personal data at all to register, like ArcaneChat

                                                                                                        Keep the family safe 💜✨

                                                                                                        "Some people are so trapped in their chains that they can't think of anything better than more comfortable shackles"

                                                                                                        Alt..."Some people are so trapped in their chains that they can't think of anything better than more comfortable shackles"

                                                                                                          [?]xoron :verified: » 🌐
                                                                                                          @xoron@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                          Enkrypted.Chat

                                                                                                          This is intended to introduce a unique approach in client-side managed secure cryptography. We can avoid registration of any sort.

                                                                                                          Features:

                                                                                                          PWA
                                                                                                          P2P
                                                                                                          End to end encryption
                                                                                                          Signal protocol
                                                                                                          Post-Quantum cryptography
                                                                                                          Multimedia
                                                                                                          File transfer
                                                                                                          Video calls
                                                                                                          Local-first
                                                                                                          No registration
                                                                                                          No installation
                                                                                                          No database
                                                                                                          TURN server

                                                                                                          reddit.com/r/positive_intentio

                                                                                                          Send Messages Securely. No cloud. No trace.
Decentralized P2P encrypted messaging - No setup required

                                                                                                          Alt...Send Messages Securely. No cloud. No trace. Decentralized P2P encrypted messaging - No setup required

                                                                                                            [?]Pure Acetone » 🌐
                                                                                                            @pureacetone@qoto.org

                                                                                                            ... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                            **First entry into RetroShare: how to find peers**

                                                                                                            In RetroShare you don’t “find people” in the usual sense. You don’t search — you agree. This is a fundamental mindset shift; without it, the first launch will always feel empty.

                                                                                                            The first thing to accept: there is no global lobby in RetroShare. The emptiness after installation is not a bug, but the honest state of a network without links. Until you have trusted contacts, you literally have no network.

                                                                                                            **The basic method — out-of-band contact.**
                                                                                                            Peers are found outside RetroShare. These are friends, colleagues, members of thematic communities, people from Matrix, XMPP, IRC, Mastodon, forums — any place where key exchange can happen safely. RetroShare does not start with a “search” button, but with the phrase: “here is my key.”

                                                                                                            **The second path — a control peer.**
                                                                                                            The most reliable way for first entry is a second instance you control, or a pre-arranged experimental partner. This removes uncertainty: if the connection fails, the issue is technical, not social.

                                                                                                            **The third path — thematic islands.**
                                                                                                            There are small RetroShare communities built around ideas: privacy, P2P, darknet research, offline activism. They are not widely advertised because the network is not designed for random influx. Entry always starts with dialogue, not a click.

                                                                                                            **What does not work.**
                                                                                                            Publishing keys into the void. Waiting for someone to add you. Relying on auto-discovery. This is centralized-network thinking applied to a system where it has no meaning.

                                                                                                            **How to know you’ve found a peer.**
                                                                                                            The contact comes online. The connection stabilizes. Services start working: chat, forums, file exchange. At that point RetroShare stops being an abstraction and becomes an environment for communication.

                                                                                                            **Bottom line:**
                                                                                                            in RetroShare, people appear first —
                                                                                                            and only then does the network emerge.

                                                                                                              [?]Sudo » 🌐
                                                                                                              @ImpracticalPrivacy@mastodon.social

                                                                                                              Let's talk architecture, not anecdotes. 🧱

                                                                                                              Centralization is fragile. In Ep. 30 of Impractical Privacy, we are stripping back the myths:

                                                                                                              🔗 Public Blockchains & CEX Funnels

                                                                                                              💬 Metadata Whispers & E2E Fallacies

                                                                                                              📡 P2P Mesh Networks

                                                                                                              🌐 The math behind NAT Hole Punching and sovereignty.

                                                                                                              Tune in for the deep dive into truly resilient networking.
                                                                                                              👇
                                                                                                              ImpracticalPrivacy.com

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                                                                                                                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                @usenet@lemmy.world

                                                                                                                Behold! The net cop gives expensive advice! You are basically requiring that I pay for yet another ERC20 cryptocurrency token just to send text messages.

                                                                                                                From the Autonomi site:

                                                                                                                "WHEN SOMEONE (A PERSON OR A COLLECTIVE) UPLOADS DATA THEY PAY A FEE TO DO SO."
                                                                                                                "+1 Million tokens on offer for early contributors."
                                                                                                                MaidSafe is credited as having invented the ICO. I wouldn't touch it or any of its descendant projects with a ten-foot pole.
                                                                                                                "MaidSafe are the team behind Autonomi ..."
                                                                                                                Didn't you learn from Maidsafe+Mastercoin ICO and ten thousand other ICOs already? The purpose of digital 'tokens' is to separate gullible people from their dollars or euros or yuan or rubles, providing in return something they could already have for free or so cheap it's nearly free. It appears that the people behind Maidsafe are also behind the crypto token you are suggesting, for merely posting text files. Get outta here!

                                                                                                                Newscard has several selling points:

                                                                                                                0. It's not for sale. Try that with Autonomi, Maidsafe, and a thousand others.
                                                                                                                1. It is free, unlike your suggested cryptocurrency pump.
                                                                                                                2. My solution is simple and elegant - naming small text files for retrieval.
                                                                                                                3. Newscard uses existing infrastructure already in operation for decades.
                                                                                                                4. Many mature client softwares and terminal emulators already exist for the task.
                                                                                                                5. Newscard doesn't require investment or payment.
                                                                                                                6. Newscard doesn't have an integrated, useless payment system.
                                                                                                                7. Newscard is ANONYMOUS and uses The Onion Network by default.
                                                                                                                8. Users won't lose their money when using Newscard.

                                                                                                                And my Newscard solution doesn't require taking zillions of dollars from people who will likely never see a return on their token investment. Storage token sale schemes are a dime a dozen. I can't believe you think I have the credulity to swallow such a scheme.

                                                                                                                For almost two decades running countless crews have claimed that they will, 'decentralize the Internet' if you give them your money.

                                                                                                                Newsflash: The Internet already is decentralized. Decentralization is a basic part of the design of the Internet. It already routes around damage and censorship by default. Why do I need to pay for a crypto token for something that already exists? Decentralized Usenet has been in continuous operation for decades. I'm already using the 'decentralized Internet' for the Newscard protocol. I've been using the 'decentralized Internet' since forever! It doesn't need to be decentralized by crypto pump schemes. The Internet is already decentralized.

                                                                                                                So we already have a decentralized Internet where data storage is abundant and cheap. And these token pumpers want to set themselves up as gatekeepers so we have to pay them to get the tokens to store our data. That is not decentralization. That is the essence of a centralized monetary gatekeeper!

                                                                                                                You accused me of misusing Usenet. Yet I am only doing what people have done with Usenet for decades--posting encrypted messages. I'm not misusing Usenet. You're misusing my patience for cryptocurrency dumps and re-hashed token sales strategies.