Community Matrix chatroom rules

Here are the rules for rooms part of the PSA Community. They are being archived for posterity's sake.

Warning: We have moved away from Matrix for the time being. Please feel free to reach out by email or Matrix at our personal MXIDs. We apologize for this.

• Admins
• General Rules
• Nothing To Hide Privacy Room Rules
• Modern Cryptography Room Rules
• OS Security Room Rules
• Bnonymity Room Rules
• Exceptions
• Bans
• Registration
• Ban Appeals

Admins {#admins}

• Babba27: theheadlessserpentsec@protonmail.com (see: Keyoxide)
• No: no@anonymousplanet.org (see: https://itsnothing.net/crypto.txt, Keyoxide)

General default rules for PSA rooms unless specific rules are mentioned below {#general}

• Keep it legal
• English only
• Be respectful to each other
• Avoid FUD and/or disinformation
• Avoid gatekeeping and try to remain welcoming to new users
• No hate speech (no racism, no homophobia, no transphobia, etc.)
• No spammerino
• No doxxing unless you have express permission and you move to #bnonymity
• No trolling (this doesn't mean sarcasm is forbidden)
• No NSFW content (no porn, no gore, no Hentai, etc.)
• No upload of any non-media files (no binaries, executables, compressed files, etc.)
• No voice messages (if applicable)
• Avoid drifting too much off-topic or move to an off-topic room like #bnonymity

Some exceptions can apply, see the exceptions section at the bottom of this page. Violations will be handled at the discretion of the acting moderator.

Rules for Nothing To Hide Privacy {#nth}

• Zero tolerance for discussion of how to commit illicit acts
• Limit political discussion to privacy-related topics only
• No suspicious links or uploading of any non-media files
• Be respectful

Mods

• Lucas: @rawr:beeper.com
• Prox: @the_proxster:midov.pl (basically God)

Rules for Modern Cryptography {#moderncrypto}

See rules here.

Rules for OS Security {#ossecurity}

See rules here.

Rules for Bnonymity {#bnonymity}

• Keep it legal (seriously)
• English only (i.e., English only)
• Be "somewhat" respectful to each other
• No hate speech (no racism, no homophobia, no transphobia, etc.)
• No spammerino (scams, ads, flooding, etc.)
• No NSFW content (e.g., porn)
• All of the above can result in an insta-ban depending on the severity

Mods

• Fractal: @fractal:matrix.org

Exceptions {#exceptions}

• Talks about Sci-Hub and/or LibGen are allowed
• Talks about torrenting anonymously are allowed unless the purpose is blatantly illegal

Bans {#bans}

Currently, the following rooms are sharing a common PSA ban list for serious offenders:

• #Anonymity: https://matrix.to/#/#anonymity:matrix.anonymousplanet.org
• #Translations: https://matrix.to/#/#thgtoa-translation:matrix.anonymousplanet.org
• #Security: https://matrix.to/#/#security:matrix.anonymousplanet.org
• #Bnonymity: https://matrix.to/#/#bnonymity:matrix.anonymousplanet.org
• #ModernCrypto: https://matrix.to/#/#moderncrypto:matrix.anonymousplanet.org
• #OSINT: https://matrix.to/#/#OSINT:matrix.anonymousplanet.org
• #Collab: https://matrix.to/#/#thgtoa-collab:matrix.anonymousplanet.org

These rooms have not been archived but the links to them must be manually copy/pasted.

Ban Appeals {#appeals}

Currently, no bans are being reversed because we can't moderate our rooms. Be safe. Wait until we have a new space to chat. For now email us.