Hey! Following the #GlobalSwitchDay initiative, can you share any scandal, security problems or situations in which the proprietary apps have failed to care for their users? I would like to gather information for each app so people I know can be more informed about what they’re using. Mention things that you might even take for granted, some people are completely unaware.
The apps are: Whatsapp, Reddit, X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok.
Idk if I’m dumb but I’ve never figured out how PeerTube works. I try to join and I wind up on some instance that has 5 weird videos that I have no interest in. Feels very unapproachable despite me already having more exposure to the Fediverse then your average person.
A “please” is warranted
NotYourArmy
for WhatsApp the founders quit over privacy concerns, and made signal
there’s also a nice (long) article by propublica from a few years ago
Facebook - Zuckerberg and his role in enabling ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/business/facebook-myanmar-zuckerberg.html
We can argue abozt the usefullness of Signal Ort the usability of Matrix. But please remove Signal from the chart as it suggests it is federated.
I wish they’d quit again and make something foss
Hi, I didn’t created the chart, and you’re right, Signal is not federated. But I think the big aspect several people have missed about this initiative is not which FOSS option for messaging is the best (which I understand is a big matter of concern for a lot of people already aware of the problems of proprietary apps), but making people completely unaware that there are options know that they can use something that respects their privacy and treats them as humans, not just “users”/“consumers”, which is from my point of view, one of the main strengths of FOSS and Fedi apps.
Wow, you’re demanding us to do your bidding, and you’re too lazy to even update the post
You realize low effort posts is ban worthy, right?
There’s the door. Come back when you’re willing to do a small amount of leg work
I get your point, but having Signal in a “Get Federated” list is very misleading at best.
I’ll start with one: Cambridge Analytica https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook–Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal
Signal: 0-click deanonymisation: https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117
I now read that you didn’t note signal but you have it in the image and it’s a centralized app.
It’s an interesting attack, but I’d hardly call getting the location within a ±200 mile radius deanonymisation, especially if it’s so easily avoided by using a vpn.
It’s a 0click so you have to have vpn running the entire time on any device that you install signal on
And if i don’t they might find out I’m in the country that i live in.
