Keith Whyte @keith@tic-ac.org

@robert_winkler
#Whatsapp, or anything from #Meta, it goes without saying, is unacceptable. Recently, #Mastodon, (well, as we both own our instances), is also an option for person to person messaging. Although I honestly have no clue the current state of TLS, so generally my attitude is:

"What happens at #Internet, stays at Internet".

Meanwhile, it would be good to know your experience connecting to IMS on the #PinePhone with any Altan SIM, not just the tic-omv SIM.

@robert_winkler
... #Telegram became the goto at work which might be kind of my "fault", but the UX is simply superior in IM. Of course, the #privacy bros will have a hernia and say "OMG but it's not e2e bla bla." Truth is there are very few people I would trust to care for my content once it is decrypted at their end. After all, mostly we are talking about #Android devices and who knows what is running on them. Telegram is also not centralised in USA like pretty much everything else....

@robert_winkler
To reply I feel like making the thread public, (feel free to reply private again) Yes, I have a #signal account, I only use it with those who have nothing else. Moxie's arrogance and attitude gives me the creeps; I don't want to promote his product. Besides, Signal runs mostly on AWS infra. Ethical it is not. I have been meaning for sometime to setup a #Matrix instance for the telephony, but it is still a TODO, but I do have a matrix account or 2, and #Wire. as for #Telegram...

A sample of the top DNS queries from the phones connected to #tic-ac community #GSM network over the last few days.

#decentralised (not)
#dnstop

@dk
Yes!. Understanding internet use as mainly a kind of light entertainment, with the remote possibility of a conversation that might actually lead to some constructive action, I like it! The thing about social media is the dinner party never ends, they just keep serving up more wine. Which even on twitter (a bad dinner party) entices one to stay, 😉 drunkenly believing all these words will actually change anything other than the bank accounts of the tech oligarchs.

@dk
Now, having said that; #mastodon seems like it is the first non-US (to be complete I have to say also non- China*) based user-facing tech platform that has gained any traction since "web2.0" was imposed. In terms of social media and the kind of activity that is typical on it, mastodon is possibly the least bad thing since web 2.0, but no, it will not solve problems in itself. Who actually thinks this anyway?

* it's not terribly relevant, I just want to tag that this is not about China.

@dk
It is not just thinking about #mastodon, it is digital tech/comms in general, especially "phones" and mobile data. None of that will solve any problem, not social media, not hunger. This goes back to the origins of the Internet itself, or at least back to the #GoreBill. The dreams of some (stoned?) 70's Silicon Valley would-be hippies of a world where "bad" government is not needed because "we", with the help of (corporate) machines will administer everything ourselves - are not realisable.