You’re right. We’ve pondered this for quite some time, and if you check older commits you’ll even see that we included Conversations at some point. We really like XMPP (and are also a bit nostalgic). In the end, we however decided to favour messengers which provide encryption out of the box, irrespective which client is used, and give XMPP an “honorable mention”. If there is enough interest, or if people contribute, we can still cover the topic in future releases
tbh, we don’t see this as a competition. Those guys (and gals) were there WAY before us, and they know their stuff. And there are many more people covering similar topics, too. We’re humble enough to know that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Our feeling is that the subject is complex and fast-paced. With more reliable sources, people have better chances to find whats working best for them.
More sources is always better to increase the reach of these technologies. We need to flood the internet with projects like this to make privacy more mainstream.
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn’t great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don’t promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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Nice initiative, but I’d suggest to
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I’m in the market for a new phone and would very much like to abandon Android.
another honeypot page > tutanota, signal, mozilla
Thx for the post & feel free to elaborate. While we can’t please all, we are always open to constructive feedback. To be fair:
a) we’re a bunch of FOSS idealists. So no affiliate links, sponsorships, crypto-shadiness or any other bullshit on our website
b) we make it pretty clear none of those services is the panacea. We’re still convinced they’re better than Big Tech/GAFAM
c) we mention caveats/criticism where deemed necessary, e.g. Mozilla’s conflict of interest, Signal’s privacy flaws, etc.
d) we always mention a couple of alternatives, so that readers can pick & choose according to their needs
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I can’t access the website. Domain not resolved?
Seems like quad9 is blocking our domain. Reached out to report false positive, hope that’ll solve it.
solved
weird, it works here & I also checked https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com
Let us know if the issue persists
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Thx for the hint, will include a comment on the website. GitLab Issue #105 created.
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Great initiative - kudos!
thx :)
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You’re right. We’ve pondered this for quite some time, and if you check older commits you’ll even see that we included Conversations at some point. We really like XMPP (and are also a bit nostalgic). In the end, we however decided to favour messengers which provide encryption out of the box, irrespective which client is used, and give XMPP an “honorable mention”. If there is enough interest, or if people contribute, we can still cover the topic in future releases
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Thx for your feedback! Added GitLab Issue #106 and will look into Snikket when possible
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Also privacyguides.org
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tbh, we don’t see this as a competition. Those guys (and gals) were there WAY before us, and they know their stuff. And there are many more people covering similar topics, too. We’re humble enough to know that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Our feeling is that the subject is complex and fast-paced. With more reliable sources, people have better chances to find whats working best for them.
More sources is always better to increase the reach of these technologies. We need to flood the internet with projects like this to make privacy more mainstream.
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Fixed, update is live
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Thx for the clarification! Added GitLab Issue #107 and will add a comment on the website
The last thing is true, i block first-party and third-party cookies in Vivaldi