I’ve been working really hard to research and rank messaging apps by their privacy. The more green boxes the better.

I plan to turn PrivacySpreadsheet.com into a place for privacy data on everything from cars to video games. It’s all open source too on GitHub.

Not trying to advertise, I just put a lot of time into researching all this, and I want to share it since I think others could benefit.

  • Chozo@kbin.social
    233·
    10 months ago

    Not that I give a shit, but I can see you potentially catching some flack for listing the USA as an “authoritarian regime” lmfao

    • UnHidden@lemmy.worldOP
      499·
      10 months ago

      Lets be honest, its not much different from China. They both make social media companies censor, and they both track citizens to predict their likliness of committing a crime in the future.

    • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
      85·
      10 months ago

      USA is atleast 100x worse than China, if you cared to look at Snowden and Assange leaks, and Wikipedia page for USA surveillance programs since the formation of NSA in 1960s. Assange is getting drugged and tortured as we speak, and that is not happening in China. Snowden can never go back to his home unless he wants to be “mysteriously dead”.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
        6·
        10 months ago

        I wouldn’t say worse than China, but I’d say they’re both equal, in their own way.

        It’s the nature of state politics and security. I’d bet even money every government on the planet is equally bad, up to the resources they have at their disposal.

        Remember, all governments are collections of individuals, and individuals range in their morality.

        Certain types are attracted to certain opportunities…like the power of government.