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Hey, that's cool, #Radicle Desktop landed today! From the @radicle team:

> Since Radicle reached version 1.0 in September last year, we’ve been focused on improving the overall user experience. We believe the Radicle network becomes more valuable the more people participate - and Radicle Desktop is a step toward making that participation more accessible, without making any compromises.

radicle.xyz/2025/06/13/radicle

radicle.xyzRadicleSovereign code infrastructure.
#p2p#git#code

#deltachat is secure against server-side group membership changes but for a very different reason than #signal which keeps encrypted group membership data in a central store.

Delta Chat has _no_ central store but implements a rigidly tested #p2p group membership model where servers play no role github.com/chatmail/models/tre

Both signal and delta chat are safe against recently published attacks against #whatsapp that can add members to chats, breaking end to end encryption. arstechnica.com/security/2025/

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A 'mesh' is just a variety of describing a network, one which is generally self-organizing. As you can guess, the definition is extremely flexible.

#Tox is an example of a #p2p #mesh used to create a message exchange network focused on #privacy. It uses e2ee, and allows exchange of instant messages, as well as e2ee video calls. There are multiple implementations, rather like the Mastodon protocol has multiple platforms.

tox.chat/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(pro

Project ToxA New Kind of Instant MessagingWhether it's corporations or governments, there's just too much digital spying going on today. Tox is an easy to use application that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in. While other big-name services require you to pay for features, Tox is totally free and comes without advertising — forever.

I'm finally moving over to Radicle (radicle.xyz) instead of switching to another centralized code forge (like GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, etc.). I definitely love the idea behind a #P2P code forge and I'm hopeful for Radicle's future, but I do have some reservations starting off:

1) Despite talking a lot about freedom and privacy in the tutorial, the group building Radicle (radworks.org/) is planning to sell hosting and make a profit via an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency (tally.xyz/gov/radworks) as well as NFTs and smart contracts. Some big Libertarian red flags there.

2) At some point there was a Swiss nonprofit "Radicle Foundation", but this now seems to be a for-profit venture (see radicle.xyz/history). I wish it could just be a nonprofit.

3) In the user guide chapter on private repos (radicle.xyz/guides/user), it says that I need to use a public DNS address trusted seed node to share the repo. I understand there's no DHT here, but I hope it's not too much of a pain to run this over my local network instead of the internet. (And yeah, I know I can use git locally, I just want to test Radicle locally.)

Overall, I think that if radworks turns out to be evil it will be a way easier transition to fork Radicle than it has been to leave GitHub, but I still wish I didn't have to worry.

radicle.xyzRadicleSovereign code infrastructure.

Yesterday the "Reflection" project started officially as part of the new @PrototypeFund round! 🌟🌈

The team consists of @p2panda and people from the GNOME gang around @tbernard and @jsparber.

We gonna release "Reflection" (formerly Aardvark) - a GTK-based, collaborative, local-first text editor! Aaaand:

All of this is part of a larger effort to explore p2p code, UX patterns, reusable UI components, debugging tools, organize events and document our learnings.

Bumped into this interesting yet unmaintained #Rust #ActivityPub project while updating delightful.coding.social/delig

"Stonenet is a #p2p (social) publish-subscribe network, also known as a decentralized social media platform. It is designed to protect free speech, and resist censorship. Everyone moderates their own home feed, and content is only distributed by those peers that have consented to do so, by subscribing to someone and thereby explicitly supporting their content"

github.com/bamidev/stonenet

Telegram is dieing

Telegram partnering with Elon’s #AI to distribute #Grok inside chats is a clear line crossed. This matters because private data ≠ training fodder, bringing Grok (or any #LLM) into messaging apps opens the door to pervasive data harvesting and normalization of surveillance.This is an example of platform drift: Telegram was always sketchy (proprietary, central control, opaque funding), but this is active betrayal of its user base, especially those in repressive regions who relied on […]

hamishcampbell.com/telegram-is

hamishcampbell.comTelegram is dieing – Hamish Campbell
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