cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/63107763
I’m looking for something like Snikket or Prosody, but kids-oriented. I DON’T want my <10 daughter using Meta Messenger Kids! I’ll tell my friends to setup for their kids, too. I’d have no access to anything, so it’s secure (mom and dad not snooping per se), but the downside is minimal parental controls. Though, no one to really add either.
I’ll host or pay for it, IDC. It doesn’t seem like there is much out there either.
JusTalk seemed nice when I found out but apparently China owned and so no more secure. I/we need better options!
I’m not in the situation yet, but once i have kids I’ll tell my parents that, if i ever see a picture of my kids in any of those bs platforms (fb, Whatsapp…) they’ll never get another picture. parents have the ultimate decision about such things, if somebody else doesn’t respect your decision, they need to live with the consequences.
it might sound harsh, but seems to be the only really working strategy. i gave up explaining them stuff over a decade ago.
3 of the 4 are great about it, the 4th, while being careful (almost paranoid) about privacy, lives on Facebook and doesn’t get it, no matter what I’ve tried. We haven’t sent pictures in a long while.