• ctag@lemmy.sdf.org
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    18 days ago

    I think that’s fair, maybe I should have said efforts like Matrix.

    But I’d also view a singular commercial company’s no-cost product as not being a long term bet on privacy/anonymity.

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      18 days ago

      But I’d also view a singular commercial company’s no-cost product as not being a long term bet on privacy/anonymity.

      Oh I completely agree with the idea that a federated service, like Matrix [1], is far preferable to a centralized one, eg Discord [2]; I have no issue with using Matrix (I personally use it extensively) I just think one should be careful with the idea of using it with the intent of being anonymous.

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      1. “Matrix Specification”. Matrix Foundation. Version: 1.12. Accessed: 2024-12-09T06:41Z. https://spec.matrix.org/latest/.

        Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers with no single point of control. […]

      2. “Discord”. Wikipedia. Published: 2024-12-07T05:34Z. Accessed: 2024-12-09T07:03Z. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord#Features.
          • The license is listed as “proprietary”. This was interpreted to mean that Discord is the owner of all of their infrastructure.