I really want a Facebook (the old Facebook timeline) replacement, but end-to-end encrypted, and decentralised so there’s longevity.

Edit for clarity: I’m looking for a way to share things online, end-to-end encrypted to a wide-audience that knows you but doesn’t necessarily know each other.

This is why messaging apps don’t fulfil this requirement, and chat rooms (like Matrix) also don’t fit.


I love Lemmy, I like the idea of Mastodon (twitter-like sites just aren’t my thing. ActivityPub rocks. However, none of them are encrypted.

PixelFed is neato, but I don’t plan sharing my personal photos with the whole of the internet, which seems to be the only choice with ActivityPub.

Signal and other encrypted messaging apps are great, but are for direct messaging. Where are the encrypted social media apps?

Matrix is cool and all, but it’s aimed at groups. Like discord / MS teams replacement.

Someone told me about Futo Circles, which seems to tick all the boxes and built on top of Matrix, but it’s currently abandoned.

Are there any other alternatives? My wallet is open, I would very much like to use such an app. I am no programmer, so sadly cannot take on the mantle of continuing the Futo Circles project.

  • poVoq
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    317 hours ago

    For end to end encrypted photo sharing there are these two open source projects that also offer a for pay cloud storage:

    The only Fediverse project that offers optional e2ee messages is Hubzilla afaik.

    • @MisterFrogOP
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      117 hours ago

      Yeah I’ve seen these photo storage apps, they are neato but not what I’m looking for unfortunately, and I already use Signal for e2ee messaging

      Really wish Futo Circles wasn’t abandoned :(

      • poVoq
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        417 hours ago

        Doesn’t seem to be what they are asking for, but I am also a bit confused about what exactly they are asking for.

        • @MisterFrogOP
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          116 hours ago

          A way to share things online, end-to-end encrypted to a wide-audience that knows you but doesn’t necessarily know each other.

          This is why messaging apps don’t fulfil this requirement, and chat rooms (like Matrix) also don’t fit.