If You’re Fed Up with the Total Disaster That Is Facebook, Syme Deserves Consideration, Just Don’t Trust It Too Much
November 29th, 2013Syme looks like it could be useful for small, private groups looking for social networking functionality. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT believe any claims that they can’t access your material. Maybe that’s true, and even if it is, I wouldn’t assume that others can’t read it. I tend to believe that these guys are sincere. At a minimum, they are being up-front with users about the limitations.
While Syme might only introduce a few additional speed bumps to state surveillance, it looks great compared to Facebook, where the only good thing about Facebook is that a lot of people are on it. Every other aspect of Facebook is rat poison.
Via: ComputerWorld:
With the look of Google Plus and Facebook-like elements, a new social network named “Syme” feels as cozy as a well-worn shoe.
But beneath the familiar veneer, it’s quite different. Syme encrypts all content, such as status updates, photos and files, so that only people invited to a group can view it. Syme, which hosts the content on its Canada-based servers, says it can’t read it.
“The overarching goal of Syme is to make encryption accessible and easy to use for people who aren’t geeks or aren’t hackers or who aren’t cryptography experts,” said co-founder Jonathan Hershon.
