My first look at DIASPORA*

“I’ve always been ambiguous about Facebook. The centralized
control and lack of privacy bother me, and, like many people
involved with free software, I’m there mainly because so many of my
colleagues are. Consequently, when I finally got around to getting
to getting an account for the DIASPORA* alpha, what I mainly
noticed was the difference in the privacy policy and interface

“DIASPORA*, in case you don’t remember, is the free software
alternative to Facebook, consisting of a number of connected but
independent servers — or “hubs” in DIASPORA*-speak. Although less
than a year old, the project has already received considerable
attention — first because, in the tradition of the great IT myth,
it was conceived by a group of college students, and, second,
because it raised one of the largest total of donations ever on
Kickstarter. A few months ago, there were also considerable
complaints about the lack of security in the pre-alpha release.

“I can’t speak about the code. However, judging by the privacy
pollicy and the interface, DIASPORA* now appear to be taking
security more seriously.”

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