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by acumenical 1054 days ago
To break from the party line and parrot that E2E encryption is a human right for just a moment, does anyone else experience the same fatigue with communities on encrypted platforms? I've never found a good community on Tor, everyone on Signal seems to become a shadier version of their public selves, Telegram seems it's all full of smut.

However I believe this is due to my small social circle. Does anyone with better social skills (any at all) have a more positive experience with E2E platforms? Please help me out because I want to believe. I believe it's important for people to speak freely but I'm having trouble reconciling that with how nasty they become.
3 comments
gherkinnn 1054 days ago
I don’t see how E2EE services affect people’s behaviour.

Anonymity does though.

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stephen_g 1054 days ago
Less than people might think. Apparently a lot of the the worst cyber-bullying (like the stuff that drives teens to take their own lives) happens from real-name accounts on Facebook and Messenger…
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matheusmoreira 1054 days ago
WhatsApp is end to end encrypted, this has been proven in actual court in my country. Everyone here uses it for everything every day. Never before have so many people used something that is this secure by default.
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CaptainFever 1054 days ago
> Telegram seems it's all full of smut

Telegram is not E2EE.

(Unless you use secret chats, which hardly anyone does.)

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