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  • Babalugats@feddit.uktoPrivacy@lemmy.mlAny one used Kloak yet ?
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    8 days ago

    From here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46745164

    Hey everyone, two of us have been working on a privacy-focused Discord alternative for some time and we’re opening it up for early testing to see how it performs and to get real feedback.

    Kloak is privacy-first by design. There are no emails and no passwords. When you join, you’re given a secret key, and that key is your account. There is no recovery mechanism and no central identity tied to you. If the key is lost, the account is gone. This is intentional and meant to reduce stored user data and avoid creating identity honeypots.

    Most of the core features are already in place. You can create servers, channels, roles, and permissions, upload files and custom emojis, etc.

    We’re still early, and the main goal right now is to validate the model, catch UX issues, and stress the system a bit before going further. We’re especially interested in thoughts around the key-based account approach and any privacy or security trade-offs we may be overlooking.

    If you’re curious or want to poke at it, it takes only a few seconds to join and doesn’t require any personal information. You can join Kloak at https://kloak.app/

    Feel free to join our official server too through https://kloak.app/invite/PV3FEB8N







  • which is controlled by Google

    That’s not correct. GrepheneOS is based on AOSP and not Googles version of the software. Graphene have full control over everything that they add or remove in their version as it is open source. They don’t need to worry really about how google restricts apps etc. But the app developers may have to create a non google compliant version or refuse to. But the same may apply to SailfishOS. As mentioned here, they will now likely be building their own device trees, but the Motorola partnership may actually help with that.

    Saying that, this is a Buy European community, and Jolla is the only European independent smartphone available, so they could never be regulated by restrictions that may apply to devices built outside Europe. That’s not to say that (for example) US big tech lobbying in the EU couldn’t affect them, and remove any privacy. But not something that we need to worry about right now.