Hi Everyone!

[sophiekaz@mastodon.social]

Hi Everyone!

First, a huge thank you for the incredibly warm welcome to the Fediverse. The kindness from this community has been overwhelming, and such a contrast to the platforms I've left behind.

Now, I've gone down a total rabbit hole investigating more ethical tech. I've just realised that if I'm deleting Meta from my life, WhatsApp should probably go too. I'd love to know what you think are the best alternatives. Signal? Matrix/Element?

#Privacy #DeleteMeta #WhatsApp

[drjlecter@beige.party]

@sophiekaz I've gotten quite a few of my friends to use Signal now. Family is an uphill battle. I got sister and mother to use Telegram to communicate with me a few years back (they still use whatsapp for all of their friends and colleagues ) and now I feel bad for being a "well actually" guy to make them use Signal instead

[sophiekaz@mastodon.social]

@DrJLecter Worth it though. And at least you're the kind of "well actually" guy who's looking out for them!

[mkj@social.mkj.earth]

@sophiekaz @DrJLecter I would much rather get a well-reasoned "well actually" from someone who does it because they care, than a nitpicky "well actually" from someone who does it just because they can!

Tools change. We learn. Sometimes what was a good tool at the time becomes a bad tool, either in comparison to others or because it's actually gotten objectively worse in some way.

Usability issues aside, PGP was actually pretty good in the mid-1990s. These days it's dated and we have better.