SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)
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SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.
  • Lynda@lemmy.ml
    8·
    3 years ago

    Having unique one-time (non-reusable) invite ID is great.

    The wat SimpleX uses one-way queues, and then distributes those queues among servers offers a way to mitigate communication correlation (if the servers are independent and won’t collude). Or you can just self host and not worry. Self hosting an onion service is easy.

    Running SimpleX through a tor proxy (or VPN) offers even more advantages (if you think you need them).

    Perhaps the only downside is SimpleX still controls who gets to be a public server (anyone can self host or offer servers, but they won’t be integrated). I have no way of knowing if the servers are owned by a single entity. This part is not “open”.

  • bkrl@lemmy.ml
    7·
    3 years ago

    No spam and no identifiers (phone number, email, ids, etc.) by design. Local encrypted sign-in. Your whole chat system-in-a-file .zip. Disposal, one-time, connections. This is awesome!

  • Drew Got No Clue@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 years ago

    I really like the concept but I never managed to convince anyone in real life to use it with me. lmao

    Edit: I’ve just realized this post is from 7 months ago; why did someone bump this now?

    • Matt Shatt@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 years ago

      It’s happening everywhere. The default sort on many of these apps is “hot” and posts from years ago are being shown like they’re new.

  • bkrl@lemmy.ml
    54·
    3 years ago

    This is not a new Signal, this makes Signal obsolete.

  • root@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    Looks nice! Is it self-hostable? Or I guess because it’s decentralized, the chat history/ etc is saved only between clients?