Alternatives to Big Tech Social Media Networks

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 06:17:41 -0300

gadgeteer@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

This webpage has been created for those seeking alternatives to Big Tech run Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, etc.

There are many reasons for people seeking such alternatives:
* They can be dissatisfaction with the terms and conditions that must be complied with
* Or that a particular network is a walled garden not allowing outside viewing
* Or they want to separate their work/family/social lives
* Or a dissatisfaction with how their metadata or posts are shared with advertisers or third parties
* Or that the feed algorithms are manipulated to show adverts or other posts they don't follow
* Possibly they've been banned already from a network
* Or that a large centrally hosted service is under scrutiny from their government
* Or possibly certain such sites are even censored or banned in their country

The list is actually endless, and the aim of this page is to highlight a few worthy alternatives to consider. These are mostly all sites that I actually use myself, and I will try to highlight any particular aspects that stand out.

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This webpage has been created for those seeking alternatives to Big Tech run Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, etc. There are many reasons for people seeking such alternatives:

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Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:09:37 -0300

RockyIII

rocky3@im.allmendenetz.de

Great list...

Looked into your YT Hubzilla video... one Detail around Minute 6 in the video is not correct : also private messages are stored into the DB by default without encryption ( like in Mastodon and all other Fediverse Apps) so the Admin could actually read messages if he wants... only if you use the special extra encryption feature HZ offers if you write your posts by clicking on the key icon you are save... but that does only work with HZ connections...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:09:30 -0300

Danie van der Merwe

gadgeteer@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@RockyIII thanks, eyes I can't recall exactly now where I quoted that from. But for Private messages, Hubzilla's does state at https://hub.grasstruths.co.za/help/about/project:

"Hubzilla developers will ensure that any content you provide which is designated as PRIVATE will be protected against eavesdropping - to the best of their ability. Private channel content CAN be seen in the database of every involved hub administrator, but private messages are obscured in the database. The latter means that it is very difficult, but NOT impossible for this content to be seen by a hub administrator. Private channel content and private messages are also stripped from email notifications. End to end encryption is provided as an optional feature and this CANNOT be seen, even by a determined administrator. "

So it CAN be E2EE but may require extra steps. Yes it is still better than most other networks, but also only as far as that is limited messaging types and the protection is enabled. None of that exists for public or federated messaging. I suppose that still puts Matrix a shade higher in terms of defaults and ease of E2EE for messaging.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:41:28 -0300

RockyIII

rocky3@im.allmendenetz.de

we are talking about this video: https://invidious.exonip.de/watch?v=_9nCAOM5V1g

At https://hub.grasstruths.co.za/help/de/about/about#What_is_Hubzilla_
i find this:

Private Message Encryption and Privacy Concerns

Private mail is stored in an obscured format. While this is not bullet-proof it typically prevents casual snooping by the site administrator or ISP.

Each Hubzilla channel has it's own unique set of private and associated public RSA 4096-bit keys, generated when the channels is first created. This is used to protect private messages and posts in transit.

Additionally, messages may be created utilising "end-to-end encryption" which cannot be read by Hubzilla operators or ISPs or anybody who does not know the passcode.

Public messages are generally not encrypted in transit or in storage.

Private messages may be retracted (unsent) although there is no guarantee the recipient hasn't read it yet.

Posts and messages may be created with an expiration date, at which time they will be deleted/removed on the recipient's site.

Additionally, messages may be created utilising "end-to-end encryption" which cannot be read by Hubzilla operators or ISPs or anybody who does not know the passcode.

so this is what i mean - you have to click on the key icon and define a passcode - and than you are save