Ask HN: German eng'd privacy first social network – what would you expect?

Re:Ask HN: German eng'd privacy first social network – what ... by vislam on Monday July 13, 2020 @01:44PM (#23823429)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Just to clarify: Germany is not part of the five eyes [1].

Nonetheless I'd build it privacy first so the network/company doesn't even have access to most user data. -> E2E asymmetrical encryption where the network does not have access to any of the private keys. Think Signal for social networks.

Moderation will be an issue this way but I'd want to limit individual reach by design to make it very real world contact focused. Kind of like contacts work in Signal/WhatsApp/etc.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

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Re:Ask HN: German eng'd privacy first social network – what ... by Normille on Monday July 13, 2020 @01:57PM (#23823577)

>>Just to clarify: Germany is not part of the five eyes...

It is one of the US's poodles though.

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Re:Ask HN: German eng'd privacy first social network – what ... by vislam on Monday July 13, 2020 @02:04PM (#23823659)

While they are allies Germany is a sovereign country with it's very own (extremely) strict privacy laws (pre and post GDPR) that ask/require companies to implement what is called "Datensparsamkeit" - principle of data parsimony.

That being said it would be implemented privacy first anyway. If you trust the ~tech behind signal you can trust this network.

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