Social networks – Paolo Redaelli https://monodes.com/predaelli A civil engineer with a longlife fondness for Software Libero Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:09:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 91795679 https://monodes.com/predaelli/2022/04/17/9290/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2022/04/17/9290/#respond Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:09:28 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/2022/04/17/9290/ https://www.lealternative.net/2022/04/13/i-social-network-alternativi/

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https://monodes.com/predaelli/2022/03/29/9199/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2022/03/29/9199/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:33:22 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=9199 Interoperability without sacrificing privacy: Matrix and the DMA

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SECUSHARE https://monodes.com/predaelli/2019/12/30/secushare/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2019/12/30/secushare/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 08:24:51 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=6362

Secushare employs GNUnet for end-to-end encryption and anonymizing mesh routing (because it has a more suitable architecture than Tor or I2P) and applies PSYC on top (because it performs better than XMPP, JSON or OStatus) to create a distributed social graph. Together, these technologies allow for distributed private social networking including more straightforward and secure e-mail, chat, exchange of content and a private web. It could even work out as a safer choice for the Internet of Things.

Imagine Facebook, Whatsapp, Gmail and Skype rolled into one, without the centralized surveillance and control. Crazy? Well, it hasn’t been tried before, at least not our way. So let’s give it a try.

Disclaimer: secushare is a research project that hasn’t reached prototype status, yet. Consider that it basically consists of a new Internet stack combined with a full-fledged distributed scalability alternative to cloud technology. The challenge is so big, please be patient that we’re not done quite yet. If you think you can contribute competence, time or attention to us, don’t stop reading.

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https://monodes.com/predaelli/2019/04/07/5466/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2019/04/07/5466/#respond Sun, 07 Apr 2019 16:32:09 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=5466 Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin) – Hacker Poesy reminds me that I may need to install a GNU Social/Mastodon instance sometimes.

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No, grazie https://monodes.com/predaelli/2019/02/22/no-grazie/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2019/02/22/no-grazie/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:03:41 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/2019/02/22/no-grazie/

Caro Zukenberg, cara Facebook,

Da qualche mese ho intensificato la mia presenza sulla vostra rete sociale, complice il mio rinnovato interesse per i Giochi di Ruolo. Ma da avidi ed abili collezionisti e rivenditori di dati personali conoscete perfettamente la mia predilezione per il Software Libero.

Pertanto è perfettamente inutile che continuiate a propormi il vostro programma proprietario per accedere alla vostra rete sociale, per “entrare” in Facebook. Non lo farò fino a quando non ne rilascerete i sorgenti sotto una licenza di Software Libero, preferibilmente la AGPLv3.

Questo non solo perché sono intimamente convinto che l’accesso ai sorgenti dei programmi che uso sia requisito imprescindibile in una società dove le persone possano dirsi libere, ma anche per le numerosissime e profonde intrusioni che perpetrate nella vita dei vostri utenti grazie ai programmi proprietari che proponete.

Già in molti hanno stigmatizzato i vostri comportamenti invasivi. Certo, siete in ottima compagnia, quasi tutti i giganti della rete fanno leva sulla montagna di informazioni sulle persone raccolte a loro insaputa. Tant’è vero che taluni se proprio devono accedere a casa vostra – Facebook, Instagram eccetera – lo fa con estensioni che tengono a bada la vostra brama di informazioni ed altri lo fanno anche attraverso “sistemi di offuscamento”.

Purtroppo in troppi ignorano anche consciamente tutte queste questioni, specialmente i più giovani.

Una nota per chi come me ama il software libero, ma è più rigoroso di me nell’evitare l’uso di programmi proprietari: sono conscio che accedendo a Facebook di fatto uso la parte server di un codice ultra-proprietario. Purtroppo le lusinghe della comodità che offrono sono irresistibili per chi non è conscio degli effetti di queste scelte.

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phone.id: social login done right https://monodes.com/predaelli/2018/10/11/phone-id-social-login-done-right/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2018/10/11/phone-id-social-login-done-right/#respond Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:47:09 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=4632  phone.id: social login done right

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Alternatives to Facebook? https://monodes.com/predaelli/2018/03/26/alternatives-to-facebook/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2018/03/26/alternatives-to-facebook/#respond Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:28:33 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=3939 Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? – Slashdot ]]> https://monodes.com/predaelli/2018/03/26/alternatives-to-facebook/feed/ 0 3939 Sopranica https://monodes.com/predaelli/2017/12/02/sopranica/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2017/12/02/sopranica/#respond Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:41:21 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=3549 Volunteers Around the World Build Surveillance-Free Cellular Network Called ‘Sopranica’ – Slashdot

Good things do happen

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Users are the advertizers, us are the product https://monodes.com/predaelli/2017/08/24/users-are-the-advertizers-us-are-the-product/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2017/08/24/users-are-the-advertizers-us-are-the-product/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:09:45 +0000 http://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=3296 Fom a 2012, oldish but goldish Le Web Interview to Matt Mullenweg:

“Instagram primary users are not what we think of as users, it’s advertisers, and us are the product”.

 

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Let’s chat! https://monodes.com/predaelli/2017/04/14/lets-chat/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2017/04/14/lets-chat/#respond Fri, 14 Apr 2017 17:30:54 +0000 http://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=2355 I’ve been lingering on OTFC -it IRC channel and the almighty Elena of Valhalla made me discover the importance of maintain control over our communications that nowasdays are oftn channeled into various chat, social network and the like.

So I’ve read her article «Modern XMPP Server» and Enrico Zini’s «Modern and secure instant messaging» discovering several interesting softwares like:

I also discovered Gruppo Linux Como Figli orgogliosi del pinguino 😉 (and their identi.ca account Friendica social networ)

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