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Comparison of their designs
| 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komrade | Social network | ❌ 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) | |
| Secure Scuttlebutt | 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) |
| Diaspora | Social network | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ⭕ No (unless via Tor Browser) | ❌ No (unencrypted?) | ? | ? | Yes (need 'pod' server) | ||
| Mastodon | Social network | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ⭕ No (unless via Tor Browser) | ❌ No (unencrypted?) | ? | ? | Yes (need 'instance' server) | ||
| Matrix | Co-working space | Slack | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ❌ No? | ✔️ Yes? (100% E2EE) | ? | Yes (?) | Yes (invited channels only?) | |
| Briar Messenger | Messenger | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ✔️ Yes? (Tor) | ✔️ Yes (100% E2EE) | None (needs 24/7 listener) | Partly (public keys traded IRL) | Yes (need initial contact?) | ||
| Cabal Chat | Private chatrooms | IRC | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ❌ No (P2P reveals IP) 1 | ⭕ Mostly (shared key, not E2EE) | Distributed Hash Table | No (?) | Not really (public chat is open) | |
| Signal | Messenger | ❌ No? | ❌ No | ✔️ Yes (E2EE, and audited) | ? | ? | No | Only what they send or are sent |
Sources:
1. Cabal FAQ: What kind of security is involved with Cabal?
Comparison of their features
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komrade | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Secure Scuttlebutt | ✔️ | ❌? | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Diaspora | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Mastodon | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Matrix | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? |
| Briar Messenger | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? |
| Cabal Chat | ? | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Signal | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |