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  • Is anyone still using Keybase?

    From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to All on Sat Apr 8 09:40:00 2023
    Is anyone still using Keybase? I went through a Keybase period, then
    Signal and Telegram came around. It'd be nice if one secure messaging
    platform could work for everyone I know, but I know that having a
    monoculture wouldn't be the most secure way to go.



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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 8 18:34:00 2023
    Hello pF!

    Is anyone still using Keybase? I went through a Keybase
    period, then Signal and Telegram came around. It'd be nice
    if one secure messaging platform could work for everyone I
    know, but I know that having a monoculture wouldn't be the
    most secure way to go.

    keybase.io looked interesting... but then Telegram came around
    for me. Telegram has been very reliable. And I like the
    desktop option. Meanwhile, Simplex isn't bad either; although
    it is just for smartphones only (no gui desktop version, only a
    text-based CLI version which has a few problems.)







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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Ogg on Mon Apr 10 13:06:21 2023
    On 08 Apr 2023 at 06:34p, Ogg pondered and said...

    keybase.io looked interesting... but then Telegram came around
    for me. Telegram has been very reliable. And I like the
    desktop option. Meanwhile, Simplex isn't bad either; although
    it is just for smartphones only (no gui desktop version, only a text-based CLI version which has a few problems.)

    I have not used KB for a while, still have an account but got concerned about where KB was heading when it was bought by Zoom.

    I did like what it offered at the time before it was acquired.

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  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Apr 13 01:12:56 2023
    Is anyone still using Keybase? I went through a Keybase period, then Signal and Telegram came around. It'd be nice if one secure messaging platform could work for everyone I know, but I know that having a monoculture wouldn't be the most secure way to go.

    I gave it a try, but mostly to have a place I can manage my files and MD derived knowledge base easier, but I quickly found that Keybase's unique security features built on top of block chain ain't that cool USP to me comparing to some more convient solutions on all fronts to have file sharing, communication and git management under one hood.

    I like the idea, but keybase is way too premature for my taste to give it a serious try.

    -h1

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  • From Tracker1 to Ogg on Tue Apr 25 20:14:41 2023
    keybase.io looked interesting... but then Telegram came around
    for me. Telegram has been very reliable. And I like the
    desktop option. Meanwhile, Simplex isn't bad either; although
    it is just for smartphones only (no gui desktop version, only a text-based CLI version which has a few problems.)

    Anyone on/have any interresting Telegram channels?

    https://t.me/bbsiochat


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  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to Tracker1 on Tue May 2 12:13:35 2023
    Anyone on/have any interresting Telegram channels?
    https://t.me/bbsiochat

    Too many Russian/Belarusan activists being caught by Russian/Belarusian authorities to help me believe this Russian technology is actually safe to use around

    And I also don't like connecting communication services with my phone number anymore.. not after Whatsapp is officially hacked by Mosad engineers and this is paid service offered to govs.

    Generally using niche communication technologies, over telnet, under nickname and talking nonsense bollocks about a hobby that's supposed to be dead for decades is more interesting than Telegram channels talking about the same thing.

    Same with Discord to be honest and other distractions that are not pointing in... rather out.

    -h1

    ... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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  • From Tracker1 to hollowone on Sat May 6 20:08:56 2023
    Generally using niche communication technologies, over telnet, under nickname and talking nonsense bollocks about a hobby that's supposed to be dead for decades is more interesting than Telegram channels talking about the same thing.

    Same with Discord to be honest and other distractions that are not pointing in... rather out.

    Fair enough... Even the Facebook groups are pretty dead, all things considered compared to DoveNet and FSX.


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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to TRACKER1 on Sun May 7 08:48:00 2023
    Fair enough... Even the Facebook groups are pretty dead, all things considered
    ompared to DoveNet and FSX.

    Even non-BBS FB groups are like that. I am a member of several. Most of
    them, like BBSing, are some sort of niche topic and most of them go through spurts of traffic and then quiet for a while.


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  • From Tracker1 to Dumas Walker on Mon May 8 00:32:31 2023
    Even non-BBS FB groups are like that. I am a member of several. Most of them, like BBSing, are some sort of niche topic and most of them go through spurts of traffic and then quiet for a while.

    Yeah, most of the ones I'm most active on are active... but the BBS ones I'll specifically look into, and maybe a couple posts a week.


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Dumas Walker on Mon May 8 15:25:12 2023
    On 07 May 2023 at 08:48a, Dumas Walker pondered and said...

    Fair enough... Even the Facebook groups are pretty dead, all things considered
    ompared to DoveNet and FSX.

    Even non-BBS FB groups are like that. I am a member of several. Most of them, like BBSing, are some sort of niche topic and most of them go through spurts of traffic and then quiet for a while.

    this echo is a bit like that... on and then off... but I enjoy the subject and it's good to see others breath life into it from time to time :)

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