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I really want a Facebook (the old Facebook timeline) replacement, but end-to-end encrypted, and decentralised so there's longevity.

Edit for clarity: I'm looking for a way to share things online, end-to-end encrypted to a wide-audience that knows you but doesn't necessarily know each other.

This is why messaging apps don't fulfil this requirement, and chat rooms (like Matrix) also don't fit.


I love Lemmy, I like the idea of Mastodon (twitter-like sites just aren't my thing. ActivityPub rocks. However, none of them are encrypted.

PixelFed is neato, but I don't plan sharing my personal photos with the whole of the internet, which seems to be the only choice with ActivityPub.

Signal and other encrypted messaging apps are great, but are for direct messaging. Where are the encrypted social media apps?

Matrix is cool and all, but it's aimed at groups. Like discord / MS teams replacement.

Someone told me about Futo Circles, which seems to tick all the boxes and built on top of Matrix, but it's currently abandoned.

Are there any other alternatives? My wallet is open, I would very much like to use such an app. I am no programmer, so sadly cannot take on the mantle of continuing the Futo Circles project.

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[โ€“] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You realize you can download it forever at any point, right? Your threat model should be "anyone you share things to has saved them forever"

Once you give up trying to unshare things, then encrypted group chats make a lot of sense.

[โ€“] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if you're intentionally missing the point or not. We're not talking about encrypted group chats. We're talking about encrypted Facebook. The amount and type of data involved is very different, so is how long the data will be retained.

But sure, if you want to ignore unsharing things, go ahead. Let's see how that'll work out for you ๐Ÿคท

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[โ€“] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It will unshare the thing in the UI only, which is enough for regular people. Again, once you share it, it's out there