Damus
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Installing an encrypted messenger is easy compared to convincing an entire group chat to move to it. The social friction is the tax. Every boundary needs an explanation. Every refusal sounds like judgment. Every privacy choice gets translated into you are being paranoid, difficult, or making things weird. That wears people down.

https://untraceabledigitaldissident.com/privacy-when-nobody-cares/
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falsefaucet · 4d
Finally got the old discord pals over to a self hosted matrix server
Hypno | seedkeys.xyz · 4d
I tried and failed. Only my parents use Signal. Only with me... And I mostly gave up on all newer solutions. No one would adopt them with me.
librekitty · 4d
i think this is a great article, it really highlights the difficulties with this lifestyle. of course i believe you choose your own family/friends, but yeah very nice ๐Ÿ‘ --- i was wondering if you meant to say "then" instead of "that" in the final sentence of the final paragraph in the "Sometime...
Globe99 · 4d
I think to some extent, privacy and social life is a trade-off. Even if hypothetically you get all your friends on Graphene talking on Marmot, the weakest link is still the human element... Posting a picture publicly that can be location-doxxed, overheard conversations at a coffee shop, etc. The ul...
EVAN KALOUDIS · 4d
Feels amazing once you pull it off though.