Russ on nostr

Luxas · 2w

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3059825/tiktok-tracks-your-every-move-even-if-you-dont-have-the-tiktok-app.html

Russ @gentlereminder 1770995278

They’re not permitted to. I block all outside tracking from anything, and you should too. 😃

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Space Dog · 2w

I am not religious, and I don't think I believe in a god, however. I have been thinking quite a bit about these files, and these demon like people, and why it's strange that they all participate in ...

Russ @gentlereminder 1770906950

I ponder the same things. I can’t make up my mind what to believe on all of it. But, I have come to a conclusion for myself that I believe in a positive and negative force. Even science backs this to some degree, because that’s why everything exists. But, I don’t know about all of that and I don’t adhere to a religion specifically anymore. I’ve been apart of every religion on some level that I could find, I could t stick with any. So I decided that I’ll just seek the good and do the right thing as much as possible and if I don’t succeed always in doing that, I won’t beat myself up about it, but I won’t stop aiming for doing what is right. And that seems to feel good to me. I don’t know where else to go with it all. I want to be one of those people that stand up to the evils, and I don’t always know how to, but that’s what I believe the positive energy is for - it can guide me, because I gave myself to it. I call this Spirituality.

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Russ

@gentlereminder 1770887728

I see a gap in something important online that we do not have:

1. Private email as your identity service online using Nostr & Chatmail. Bundling any service needed for online identity where it makes sense such as; Private chat, private calendar, secure website, private contacts, private storage & a place to keep private keys for creating and managing accounts for other services around the web, no tracking of private data possible, and private Social Media Verification of Identity without giving away anything about who the real person itself is.

If you use your identity on a phone, it would be a browser app, then you would use all of your identity services inside of it and it would have access to whatever you decided to give it access to in your phone.

On Desktop, there can be more tools to use besides just a browser, that way it fits different usage patterns and workflows, such as maybe a Linux desktop integrated start menu item that feels like part of your entire OS.

This is needed! These things usually end up as separate apps and services with maybe one or two things integrated. This can be better.

Russ

@gentlereminder 1770593608

The new design of 0xChat is beautiful!

Pepsi · 4w

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Russ @gentlereminder 1769727295

I love XChat, but I only use it for everyday chatting with anyone. When it comes to privacy tools like these, it’s probably better to use one tool for sensitive contacts that is more private than the rest and something like XChat for everything else. From my own perspective and personal experiences, I’ve found that privacy is not the same for everyone, because threat model is so important. I’ve tried a lot of tools, and I just stick with one per situation or threat model, and sometimes I’ll test out other ones just because it’s fun, but carefully.

Pepsi · 4w

what about Xchat?

Russ @gentlereminder 1769698200

📍 XChat
• Uses end-to-end encryption (E2EE) as claimed by the platform — messages are encrypted between sender and recipient so that outsiders can’t read them.
• But how strong or transparent that encryption actually is isn’t clear yet. Some security commentary suggests the implementation might store private keys on servers and might not include the strong protections found in apps like Signal (like forward secrecy), and the platform itself could technically read your messages under legal pressure.
• This means technically encrypted, but it may still have metadata exposure and could be less private than you expect.

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Pepsi · 4w

Xchat (0xchat) and White Noise - what are the differences? same encryption? #nostr #xchat #whitenoise

Russ @gentlereminder 1769679682

0xChat
• Uses Nostr encryption:
• NIP-04 (older)
• NIP-44 (newer, better)
• Solid asymmetric crypto
• But:
• No built-in forward secrecy per message
• No post-compromise healing
• Relays can see traffic patterns

White Noise
• Uses MLS
• Features:
• Forward secrecy
• Post-compromise security
• Modern group crypto
• Much stronger against:
• key leaks
• compromised devices
• traffic analysis

So no, they do not use the same encryption, even though both are “E2EE”.

Same word, different weight class.

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Russ

@gentlereminder 1769448308

There is too much traffic on the internet sometimes and most social media just tracks you no matter what you do. Every tool that gets made for it seems to be the same shit with a different skin. I am leaving everything else entirely and using this when I feel like using social media because this doesn’t steal from me and sniff up my asshole.

jack · 25w

I really wish Nostr was more than ⚡🚀🟣 lol it’s so cringe.. normal content is nonexistent, but the protocol itself is very cool atproto is a good mix

Russ @gentlereminder 1756888294

And that is why I’m also not as active - I don’t understand what I can do to change it. But I am still here - but in a different capacity because I mostly see only Bitcoin stuff and I like that but not Only that. I use Mastodon more, which has the ActivityPub protocol.

Colby Serpa · 25w

ANNOUNCEMENT 📣📲 NEW NOSTR APP! Airchat has become a Nostr app and will soon be available for TestFlight invites. Comment below if you want an invite! Airchat provides async audio posts with ...

Russ @gentlereminder 1756887675

Interesting! I use iOS, I would love to help test so that it csn be as solid as possible.

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