Post #1240764

2025-10-27 14:06 UTC

@davep @yawnbox @Mer__edith Regarding Tor: instant messaging (if you stretch "instant" to cover several seconds which is acceptable in practice) have been successfully ran over Tor and other distributed settings. Regarding video not relying on a centralized infra: Skype during its Kazaa-/pre-Microsoft- era and its "Super nodes" has been a widely successful example of a video calling software that doesn't rely that much on centralisation (but of course with a completely different security model)

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@dryak@mstdn.science 2025-10-27 14:10

@davep @yawnbox @Mer__edith (note: I am not saying that Signal is bad. Merely jumping in about centralisation. I actually appreciate Signal, e.g., unlike the above example of Skype, it is tolerating 3rd party open source clients, so people like me who neither run Android nor iOS on the smartphone can still communicate with friends).

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@DiogoConstantino@masto.pt 2025-10-27 14:38

@dryak also skype was crap that failed every day for many of us. @davep @yawnbox @Mer__edith

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@aspensmonster@tenforward.social 2025-10-28 21:42

@dryak @davep @yawnbox @Mer__edith I've run my Signal clients (mobile, desktop) over tor for years. For chat at least, it's rarely noticable. Calls and video struggle though.

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@kkarhan@infosec.space 2025-11-04 15:45

@dryak @davep @yawnbox @Mer__edith yes, cuz.I've been using #XMPP (#OTR, now #OMEMO) for 15+ years over @torproject / #Tor on a THROTTLED #EDGEland* connection! It's just that @signalapp chose #centralization over #sustainability… *#Germany is EDGEland

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