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  1. So. What shall I use instead? by aliquis · · Score: 2 · on Discord Bans Servers That Promote Nazi Ideology (theverge.com)

    https://tox.chat/
    Seem like a good option.

    https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/...
    Likely safe from "we know better than you" trash-people.

    https://wire.com/en/
    Maybe?

    https://about.riot.im/
    Maybe?

    http://www.teamspeak.com/en/te...
    Guess running your own server removes the issues.

    https://ring.cx/
    Seem like it could work.

    https://www.evolvehq.com/welco...
    That's the stuff which came with AMD drivers before? Likely not safe for your freedoms.

    https://app.twitch.tv/
    Curse was direct competitor to Discord before. But Twitch .. Anything owned by a company like that I guess want to act like the anti-white globalists and their followers in idiocy want so .. likely not a good option? Unless one already use it and they haven't fucked around yet.

  2. Use GNU Ring instead by grumpy-cowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Skype Users Slam Microsoft's Attempt To Infuse App With Social Media Magic (theregister.co.uk)

    https://ring.cx/

  3. Re:So what are good alternatives? by gmack · · Score: 1 · on Skype Retires Older Apps for Windows, Linux (techcrunch.com)

    I am currently experimenting with Ring:

    • It handles every platform I use (Linux, windows, Android)
    • It handles my 1080P webcam that Hangouts chokes on
    • Allows multiple devices per account which make or break feature for me considering my office has bad cell reception.
    • Seems lighter weight resource wise than most of the alternatives
  4. Thanksfully there is a free alternative in Ring.cx by marclijour · · Score: 1 · on Skype Gets A New Competitor: Amazon Announces Chime (geekwire.com)

    Ring.cx is a videochat app that puts user privacy and freedom 1st place. By design, there is no big brother, no middleman, no trust problem. Ring leverages the same architecture as bittorrent (DHT), a decentralized network to connect peers. From there, all communication is encrypted peer-to-peer. Best of all, it's free software, backed up by the Free Software Foundation: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki... More at https://ring.cx/ Check the team's recent talk at FOSDEM: http://ftp.fau.de/fosdem/2017/...

  5. Re:Mitigation and alternatives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Facebook's WhatsApp Data Gambit Faces Federal Privacy Complaint (vice.com)

    Only the Wire client is open source, the server is not.
    And any proprietary centralized messenger can end up being bought by Facebook at some point.

    If you want a real Free alternative, here's couple of examples:
    Tox
    Ring

    They are both completely open source and decentralized.

  6. Maybe Ring? by mistersixt · · Score: 2 · on Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? (theguardian.com)

    https://ring.cx/

  7. Re:WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger for privacy, lo by Burz · · Score: 1 · on Skype Finalizes Its Move To the Cloud; To Kill Older Clients -- Remains Tight Lipped About Privacy (arstechnica.com)

    http://ring.cx/ is looking good... Decentralized using DHT, and e2e encrypted. It doesn't live inside Chrome browser, either, which I think is a big handicap for Signal.

  8. Re:Is free software in this realm? by Burz · · Score: 1 · on Skype Finalizes Its Move To the Cloud; To Kill Older Clients -- Remains Tight Lipped About Privacy (arstechnica.com)

    https://ring.cx/

    Its decentralized and uses end-to-end encryption. It also isn't attached at the hip to a humungous browser (Chrome) the way Signal is.

  9. Re:Wickr by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1 · on Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: Signal Triumphs Over WhatsApp, Allo (theintercept.com)

    But Wickr is commercial and requires central servers. Ring does not.

    If Slashdot has taught me anything, it is: Never, ever click on a URL ending in ".cx".

  10. Re:Wickr by ffkom · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: Signal Triumphs Over WhatsApp, Allo (theintercept.com)

    But Wickr is commercial and requires central servers. Ring does not.

  11. Then go for "Ring"... by ffkom · · Score: 1 · on Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: Signal Triumphs Over WhatsApp, Allo (theintercept.com)

    ... which is strictly distributed and available as open source, see Ring official site or Ring on F-Droid. Unlike Signal, you can compile your own working Ring App from the sources.

  12. Re:VPN by Burz · · Score: 3, Informative · on US Budget Bill Passes With CISA Surveillance Intact (npr.org)

    PIA doesn't log IIRC, and they have good deals.

    Here is an email guide to start with (there are no ideally private email providers, but many are better than gmail). Riseup and ProtonMail look interesting.

    A note about using PGP email: This still leaves a trail that is rich in metadata (the who/when/where parts of the messages). Only the what is concealed, leaving much to be desired.

    More interesting are new messaging apps which the EFF has rated. I think Signal, Ostel+Jitsi and RetroShare look the most promising. Ring is a newcomer that uses OpenDHT and promises to be what Skype might have been.

    For just increasing privacy a couple notches while browsing, add the following extensions (Firefox): Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere, Adblock Edge (not sure if AE is really needed with PB). Using a Firefox derivative like IceWeasel or PaleMoon won't likely include ad-based features that might compromise privacy (though Mozilla is said to have removed ads anyway).

    As for browsing with Tor, you cannot beat Qubes OS with the Whonix package. This will help you blend in more and prevent exploits over Tor from accessing any personal data. A system with IOMMU hardware and BIOS is recommended.

    After all these years, I2P is still progressing and growing. It marries technologies like onion routing and DHT and its 'I2P Bote' messenger may be the best in class, IMO. Of course, I2P is meant to route all kinds of traffic and even has bittorrent built-in. I'd also recommend running I2P in a Qubes domain, although it comes with TAILS if you're more comfortable booting with that.