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I never imagined the original post would go so viral and be seen by +6M people. But I guess it shows thereโ€™s real momentum โ€” and the perfect time to finally escape big techโ€™s grip.

I went through hundreds of reposts of the image and took in feedback from community comments. Iโ€™ve replaced USA-centralized apps like Brave and Bluesky with more open alternatives, and added self-hosting indicators.

As many of you recommended, Iโ€™ve also created an online version with descriptions that we can constantly update and improve.

Drop a comment if you have suggestions for a better alternative, improved description, or a feature for the site. Let's break free together!

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[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)
  • Session
  • Signal
  • GPG2
  • VLC
  • Tuta
  • OpenKeychain
  • KeePassXC
  • NetGuard
  • Mullvad
  • Ironfox
  • BLE Radar
  • Transmission
  • Obfuscate
  • Monero/Haveno
[โ€“] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I mean WhatsApp is already E2E encrypted. Meta doesnโ€™t make money off WhatsApp (only WhatsApp business). Any IM service thatโ€™s big in MAU (monthly active users) costs big money in server traffic. Me using WhatsApp costs Zuck money. In return the only data he can sell is about my metadata (i.e. how often I contact someone etc). For normal usage I think WhatsApp is more than ok. However if youโ€™re worried about govt snooping cuz youโ€™re a journalist or some such then yeah, switch to Session.

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 3 days ago

I ain't touching anything MZ. I don't really care about money beyond what it says about the subject in hand but either way...

I'm paranoid by practice. I do not and should not need a reason. I personally engage in paranoia for the development of the skill. I did this way back in the day when everyone thought the act generating "fear" of "spying" was undoable anyway by "them." Now, today, you're either entirely ignorant or you know it's probably doing "observation" you don't even know about yet.

So control what they can see best or else you're just an NPC.

[โ€“] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Signal?

Lmao

Edit: some people don't seem to grasp the irony? Signal is a US company (and tied to the gov)

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The app. The crypto calling & texting app. There's even a desktop/laptop side rig it can join the act for it's op to give you a solid keyboard for your chatting superior to their brain numbing thumb rhetorical mouse wheelage.

Looking kind of shady for the side rig today tho. I can't use it cuz it leaks and it don't have shit about wtf to do or just not use that aspect. Frustration. Session is getting to be my shit these days because of that.

[โ€“] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What have I just read? I don't understand half of your message sorry

Also I'm not sure you know what you're saying with "crypto" since you are on a monero themed instance. Signal does have cryptography indeed but I'm not sure I understand your point. But please explain I'll try my best :)

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

You asked what signal was, I interpreted. If you had the Q up to sign some other inquiry, it's you that needs to be a bit more verbose. If you know what signal is then damn near everything I wrote is unessesary to need to understand bar maybe the whine ass shit about signal's lacking security to function on the Desktop connection.

[โ€“] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ok thanks! You were explaining Signal

I added a precision to my original comment so it's clear for everyone

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Now THAT makes perfect sense. So to that I MUST say:

Hence Session>Signal.

[โ€“] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Thank you for your recommendation

Though I have to say it seems kinda very wobbly and not yet trustable. Also how does every right-wing cryptobro app have this flare to it that makes it obvious it's built on Blockchain? (I'm talking about UI details, this is not important, just a question)

What is wrong with SimpleX? It has always been a solid choice for private chats when Matrix was not a secure enough solution

SimpleX is great, polished and easy to use also. And it can be used over Tor, if that's desired.

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep, but Briar is a bit different

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 2 points 4 days ago

Indeed but it's fucking gold if you get to making it work. Of course 99% of the time it's you own shit to talk to your own shit cuz few rocket that kind.

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 4 days ago

I don't know SimpleX but you've earned my respect and it will certainly soon enter my research likely devour.