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Encrypted Social Network Vies For Disgruntled Facebook Users

Posted by timothy on from the network-effects-are-hard-to-handwave dept.

angry tapir writes "With the look of Google Plus and Facebook-like elements, a new social network named "Syme" feels as cozy as a well-worn shoe. But beneath the familiar veneer, it's quite different. Syme encrypts all content, such as status updates, photos and files, so that only people invited to a group can view it. Syme, which hosts the content on its Canada-based servers, says it can't read it. "The overarching goal of Syme is to make encryption accessible and easy to use for people who aren't geeks or aren't hackers or who aren't cryptography experts," co-founder Jonathan Hershon said in an interview about the service." See also Diaspora.

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  1. Leave it to slashtards... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Leave it to slashtards to take a story about a new social networking site and shoehorn in a Disaspora mention. "Oh hey, here's this neat new site to try and go up against Facebook, but TRY DIASPORA INSTEAD!" Face it, if Diaspora were going to catch on, it would have by now. As it stands, you're getting lumped in with Bing shouting "Please! Love me!" at anyone who will listen...

  2. What could go wrong? by ExecutorElassus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, who wants odds on how long it'll take before this becomes a haven for pæderasts to swap kiddie porn? Anyone?
    I'm guessing about six months..