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Circles: a privacy-first social app for connecting with people you actually know
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this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
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If you already know the person, why not just email them?
Why even bother communicating with them? You already know them.
A: Different usecase B: email leaks metadata
And you’d have to go about encrypting your email
B: and so does matrix, on which Circles is built
TIL
Lots of things aren't even possible to be encrypted on matrix, such as emoji reactions. Those are always sent in clear text.
...just wait till someone is convicted for arson because the police AI dragnet bots flagged you as guilty because you left a "fire" emoji at the wrong time
man doesn't understand the purpose of socializing in groups
That was my first thought as well. So... It's email.