Fully functional installer for a usable Desktop config
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Fully functional installer for a usable Desktop config
https://github.com/alfonsosiciliano/kde-installer-dialogs/blob/main/cft.md
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@scottjenson I think making UX improvements to DMs is a great idea.
One of the biggest privacy problems with Mastodon DMs now is that people accidentally make them public.
Separating the private mention UI from the public posting UI will probably avoid a huge percentage of those user errors.
It'd be a big win for privacy.
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@scottjenson encryption that still works if one of the parties changes fediverse servers seems like it maybe technically challenging
I also would note that a lot of my interactions on the Fediverse are not very “microblogging” focused. Ie this response isn’t a blog post.
I largely use DMs here for private but non sensitive content (like “hey your url is broken” or “you have a typo on that post”
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This reddit thread is a ride. https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/1r916ls/could_i_dig_deep_enough_to_keep_a_pallet_of/
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@scottjenson Thanks for asking! I'm a big fan of Encrypting All The Things, but my impression here is that the dangers of PMs on Mastodon have more to do with the potentially confusing UX, so I think addressing the UX issues would help the most in the short term.
Ultimately, I want users to be able to assume "private" means encrypted, so I'm very glad that's part of the plan. Yes, people can use Signal, but there's still a need to privately transmit one's Signal username at a minimum. Also, private threads can stem from public threads, so it's natural to have some facility for privacy here. Finally, I'm a huge Signal fan, but its centralization means a single point of failure, and makes it a huge target for authoritarian state actors, and I worry about it going down or being compromised.
I would like to see more visual distinction between public and private posts, like different coloring, so fewer people confuse them.
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@scottjenson I must request encryption, because even though I don't need it right now. ...
A - you never know when you might need it
B- if I did, I might feel really uncomfortable telling you the reason, so I'm gonna assume that I'm piping up for some of those folks.
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@jfred You're not the only person asking for this. It's a resonable suggestion (but I can't comment on the implementation complexity)
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@scottjenson My take is encryption is important, but not important enough that you shouldn't make UX improvements before having it
I particularly would like to see the list of mentions decoupled from the list of recipients, though I wonder if that might cause problems with replies from some software... but still
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@mray Well first of all we have a shipping product (warts and all) and improving it is important to do even outside of encryption (I mean I hear your point but I'm saying we'll improve the UX independently as, honestly, it's got lots of issues that need fixing.)
But I agree with you empathically that proper key management is a horribly difficult thing to get right and almost always makes the UX very challenging to "be seemless"
