Comment on WIRED: Neo-Nazis Are Fleeing Telegram for Encrypted App SimpleX Chat.

MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No identifiers.

  To deliver messages, instead of user IDs used by all other platforms, SimpleX uses temporary anonymous pairwise identifiers of message queues, separate for each of your connections — there are no long term identifiers.

  simplex.chat/#how-simplex-works

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So then how do you pair with a connection? Do you send them (out of band like through email or something) some kind of key that they then accept? That sounds super annoying.

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    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In person with a QR code

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      • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Or a link.

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  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    For me, the main distinction is selfhostability (although I have concerns about the majority keeping using the default servers, I could still ask a friend or family member to use mine).

    Also I am a bit concerned about them pushing the “No identifiers” thing which seems misleading, since you’re still identified, just per-conversation.

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