SimpleX Chat

“the main issue with SimpleX is that it lies in its marketing material that it has no identifiers”

“would definitely be good for privacy, it would totally enable even more swatting”

“More technically complex and unreliable protocols such as SimpleX attempt to also protect the metadata.”

“they don't implement Tor by default, so your IP address is an identifier”

“take additional steps to mitigate such kinds of Sybil attacks that people talk about against Tor”

“SimpleX for calls and texts (no accounts and therefore the least PII possible)”

“everything is open, the clients have reproducible builds, but it seems like it may end up being a hassle”

“SimpleX + Orbot (and VPN for calls) for secure telecommunication”

“providing better transport anonymity than general-purpose networks, like Tor or VPN”

“offer relatively better level of data security and are available on F-Droid main repo”

“it uses onion routing and can be configured to always use private routing/relays”

“They take steps to protect metadata but it's nothing compared to SimpleX.”

“If you want metadata privacy you should use SimpleX instead anyway.”

“If you actually want Session or SimpleX, which sacrifice usability for even more privacy, then you know where to find those services.”

“the product is solid and they've published two TrailOfBits audits”

“SimpleX has more privacy and anonymity but has worse usability.”

“they use a full-mesh which means sending a message to each user separately”

“I really liked this idea but how do you keep this no identity platform bot free?”

“SimpleX would be a better choice for activism because there's a lot less metadata.”

“whoever wants to continue to talk with you can continue doing so on signal, simplex, matrix, or whatever”

“Nobody could scam you if you only used Signal usernames or SimpleX addresses”

“If you're looking for a decentralized alternative SimpleX Chat is a more secure option.”

“Modern messengers like Signal or SimpleX allow you to share one-time contact info”

“There have been two security audits and a third is coming this year.”

“no phone number, no account, p2p via onion routing and public relay servers”

“SimpleX seems trustworthy enough, with thoughtful design decisions, even if it fails my "forced tor" requirement.”

“simplex is more decentralized considering session's more crypto related and wants to ask you for money for node whereas simplex doesn't”

“Unless you install and configure Tor, SimpleX client does not take actions to hide your IP-address from the server”

“The goal of the design is to prevent correlation of which IP address communicates with which”

“I have built bare minimum hello world bots in simplex and session and I think both had a lot of troubles to go through”

“I liked the SimpleX concept, but would prefer its relay server were replaced by Tor or i2p network.”

“the only unique SimpleX feature I really like is that it uses separate ids for every connection and group”

“Simplex Chat looks like a decent alternative. It also has the benefit of not needing a phone number or email address.”

“If they fix the android battery issue (due to how notifications work) it would be a lot easier to get people to switch.”

“its model of distribution and being open-source makes it much harder to infiltrate”

“We know that it's vastly easier to undermine users' privacy on WhatsApp than on SimpleX.”

“There is still a risk that a server maliciously records all queues and messages (even though encrypted) sent via the same transport connection”

“It's open source, it's auditable, and the code does not have worldviews of its own.”

“Seems to take security and decentralization pretty far while keeping it convenient enough.”

“at the moment there are issues with battery usage on android devices because of the way notifications are done”