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*Please help edit this! I may be wrong about some of it:*
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## Comparison of their designs
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| Other cool thing | What is it? | Kind of like... | Decentralized? (P2P?) | Anonymous? (IP address undiscoverable?) | Confidential? (100% E2E encrypted?) | Data robustness? | Identity verification? | Need invitation/server? | What data can user find? |
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| --------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
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| *[Komrade](http://komrade.app)* | *Social network* | *Twitter* | ❌ *No (central server on Tor)* | ✔️ *Yes (everything routed via Tor)* | ✔️ *Yes (100% E2EE)* | *Minimal server (deleted ASAP)* | *Yes (central public key repository)* | ***No (works like twitter)*** | Mixed (global feed; hashtag search only) |
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| [Secure Scuttlebutt](https://scuttlebutt.nz/) | Social network | Twitter / Facebook | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ❌ No (P2P reveals IP; friend networks public) | ⭕ Partly (private E2EE, public unencrypted) | Distributed across friend networks? | Yes? (federated key exchange?) | Yes (need initial pub) | Limited (search friends-of-friends' data) |
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| [Diaspora](https://diasporafoundation.org/) | Social network | Twitter | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ⭕ No (unless via Tor Browser) | ❌ No (unencrypted?) | ? | ? | Yes (need 'pod' server) | |
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| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | Social network | Twitter | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ⭕ No (unless via Tor Browser) | ❌ No (unencrypted?) | ? | ? | Yes (need 'instance' server) | |
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| [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) | Co-working space | Slack | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ❌ No? | ✔️ Yes? (100% E2EE) | ? | Yes (?) | Yes (invited channels only?) | |
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| [Briar Messenger](https://briarproject.org/) | Messenger | WhatsApp | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ✔️ Yes? (Tor) | ✔️ Yes (100% E2EE) | None (needs 24/7 listener) | Partly (public keys traded IRL) | Yes (need initial contact?) | |
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| [Cabal Chat](https://cabal.chat/) | Private chatrooms | IRC | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ❌ No (P2P reveals IP) <sup>1</sup> | ⭕ Mostly (shared key, not E2EE) | Distributed Hash Table | No (?) | Not really (public chat is open) | |
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| [Signal](https://signal.org/) | Messenger | WhatsApp | ❌ No? | ❌ No | ✔️ Yes (E2EE, and audited) | ? | ? | No | Only what they send or are sent |
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Sources:
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<sup>1.</sup> [Cabal FAQ: What kind of security is involved with Cabal?](https://cabal.chat/faq.html#:~:text=What%20kind%20of%20security%20does,is%20involved%20in%20a%20cabal)
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## Comparison of their features
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| Other cool thing | DM users (E2EE) | Group chat (E2EE) | Post to world | Post to friends/ties | Symmetric ties ('friends') | Asymmetric ties ('followers) | Like posts | Repost posts | Feed of all posts | Feed of people you follow |
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| *[Komrade](http://komrade.app)* | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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| [Secure Scuttlebutt](https://scuttlebutt.nz/) | ✔️ | ❌? | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ❌ | ✔️ |
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| [Diaspora](https://diasporafoundation.org/) | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ❌ | ✔️ |
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| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ❌ | ✔️ |
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| [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? |
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| [Briar Messenger](https://briarproject.org/) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? |
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| [Cabal Chat](https://cabal.chat/) | ? | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
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| [Signal](https://signal.org/) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
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