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* **Komrade is 100% end-to-end encrypted.** Unlike [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) or [Diaspora](https://diasporafoundation.org/), direct messages between users and within groups remain encrypted 1:1 end-to-end among users. Posts to the public are encrypted to @komrades, a special account which automatically re-encrypts its messages back to any key-registered requester of them.
* **Komrade is (semi-)ephemeral.** Data, like all natural things, should not last forever. Direct messages auto-delete from Komrade's minimalist data storage as soon as they are downloaded. Group messages are sent as direct messages through the "web of trust" of the group membership network. Posts to the world auto-delete from the server in however many days you specify, and clients will auto-delete the message from their hardware at the same time. By contrast, data on both [SSB](https://scuttlebutt.nz/) and [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) is undeletable.
* **Komrade verifies your identity.** Komrade's server, "The Operator", keeps a permanent record of one thing only: every komrade's name and public key, and requires that new komrades choose a unique name. Whenever you send or receive mail, the Operator will make sure that the name and public key on the letter matches what it has on file, verifying the identity of both parties.
* **Komrade is flexible.** Only [Briar Messenger](https://briarproject.org/), to our knowledge, has managed to bring together P2P chat with Tor and heavy encryption. But Briar runs only on Android and requires users to run its background process constantly in order to intercept messages. Because the Operator takes care of sorting the mail, designing clients for Komrade for any device or OS is relatively easy. We have a cross-platform terminal app (beta) and a GUI (alpha) up so far.
* **Komrade is (semi-)ephemeral.** Data, like all natural things, should not last forever. Direct messages auto-delete from the server as soon as they are downloaded. Group messages are sent as direct messages through the "web of trust" of the group membership network. Posts to the world auto-delete in however many days you specify. By contrast, data on both [SSB](https://scuttlebutt.nz/) and [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) is undeletable.
* **Komrade is simple.** No invitation or server is needed on startup, unlike [Secure Scuttlebutt](https://scuttlebutt.nz/), [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) or [Diaspora](https://diasporafoundation.org/). It's basically a Twitter clone, but one where you can also post to a universal feed shared by the entire world (@komrades). That way you can make yourself known, find new contacts, or begin general discussions. And from there you can grow your -- our! -- socialist network. :)
* **Komrade is simple.** No invitation or server is needed on startup, unlike [SSB](https://scuttlebutt.nz/), [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Diaspora](https://diasporafoundation.org/), or [Briar](https://briarproject.org/). It's basically a Twitter clone, but one where you can also post to a universal feed shared by the entire world (@komrades), so that you can make yourself known, participate in general discussions, find new contacts, and organize new groups.
quadrismegistus
4 years ago