Scuttlebutt, A Decentralized Alternative To Facebook

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Scuttlebutt

Because users own all of the files that make up Scuttlebutt, they can store their data anywhere. For example, I have 800 MB worth of data — that’s small enough to fit on a microSD card. This represents two years of status updates, friends’ status updates, contact information, photos, and what have you. As soon as I put the card into my phone, Scuttlebutt automatically updates and syncs with the new posts that my friends or I make. The user always owns their data — they can take it out and literally hold it in their hand — but this data is also dynamically linked in to the social network.

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Facebook

There is a kernel of truth to these kinds of warnings. Facebook exercises outsize control over our online behavior. We’ve become so accustomed to seeing “Sign in with Facebook” on registration forms and login screens that it barely registers an impression. And many people don’t realize Facebook directly owns platforms like Instagram or WhatsApp, which means those user accounts belong to Facebook, too. These seemingly innocuous interfaces have an insidious way of restricting our freedom in cyberspace. That’s the price of convenience, but for many of us that price has become too high.

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