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> Either that or legally mandate interoperability so that we can move to a federated social media landscape to encourage genuine innovation and competition. Th
by saddlerustle 7y ago
> Either that or legally mandate interoperability so that we can move to a federated social media landscape to encourage genuine innovation and competition.
The Facebook API providing "interoperability" is exactly what got 100 million people's data leaked and a $5 billion fine from the FCC. These companies shouldn't be allowed to provide an open api, as we keep seeing there's no way to make it secure.
- pgcj_poster 7y agoBut… we know that federated systems can be at least somewhat secure. Do you use email?
- saddlerustle 7y agoE-mail is very far from secure. The overwhelming recommendation for private 1:1 communication is "use WhatsApp or Signal". But you're right that a federated and private 1:1 platform is possible /in theory/. However Facebook, a 1:many communication platform, is likely impossible to federate while retaining privacy.
- igravious 7y agoEmail. The postal service. Telephone network.
- sidlls 7y agoNone of which is secure, and e-mail is the least secure of all of them.