still hella confused as to why self-proclaimed privacy advocates—even teams like @privacyguides—are pushing @element so hard despite the data collection & sharing practices, the loosey-goosey metadata usage, and the fact that they host on AWS.
still hella confused as to why self-proclaimed privacy advocates—even teams like @privacyguides—are pushing @element so hard despite the data collection & sharing practices, the loosey-goosey metadata usage, and the fact that they host on AWS.
Oh nice! Although, one issue from their website:
“Every message and file gets sent separately to every member in the group”
That seems fine for small groups, but for the typical Element crowd of large groups, I don’t think that would go over well. If you send a 10MB file in a 2000-person chat, you’d be uploading 20GB of data…
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Revolt is certainly better than Discord’s privacy, but since it doesn’t yet have E2EE, it doesn’t seem like very privacy-focused software
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@whale @sp6
I looked at SimpleX a little while ago… and it was looking fine… until I read that they list ‘groups’ in some kind of directory… like chat rooms I imagine. Deal breaker for me.
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@whale
That’s what I read after installing the app (on a trash device).
Not that I’m using it for anything nefarious, but if you’re going to claim 100% privacy, I think offering ‘discovery’ services for popular groups goes very much against that.
In all fairness, I removed it shortly after discovering that… so maybe other users who have stuck around can clarify… I dont mind admitting I read that incorrectly.
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@whale
Fair enough.
When I read it, it sounded like popular groups would be listed… sort of like the ‘trending’ feeatures on social networks and stuff…
If I was wrong, I stand corrected… Thanks