I don’t mean to imply anything, but this post was listed maybe one scroll away from the piracy community welcoming everyone to SimpleX. Unfortunate timing.
WIRED: Neo-Nazis Are Fleeing Telegram for Encrypted App SimpleX Chat.
Submitted 7 months ago by 911@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How does simplex compare to signal?
ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 7 months 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.
jaybone@lemmy.world 7 months 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.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 7 months 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.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
All encrypted apps are one strong-arm subpoena away from sharing their logs with law enforcement.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Neo-nazis, or any kind of fascists, have no space anywhere. They can fuck off to the next platform, but they can’t run forever
Vitaly@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Why are they moving from telegram?
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 7 months ago
researchers found that in the wake of the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov and charges against leaders of the so-called Terrorgram Collective, dozens of extremist groups have moved to the app SimpleX Chat in recent weeks over fears that Telegram’s privacy policies expose them to being arrested.”
leds@feddit.dk 7 months ago
Telegram has been supplying US government with data on its users
bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Farewell and fuck off
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 7 months ago
As a SimpleX user.
God damnit.
devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] 7 months ago
Infrastructure will always be used by evil and good. If it exists. Just like a road. Normal people use them as well as murderers.
If a good encryption chat software exists it will be used. It’s necessary for normal privacy and sensitive topics between people but those ones will also use it. Nothing to do about it.
anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I don’t really get either of these comments. No one should be using telegram for anything other than a discord clone, and of course the shady turds will gravitate to privacy-focused messaging apps. I mean presumably that’s why the turds chose telegram initially, they just fucked up the due diligence and thought telegram was secure because they credulously believed the founder dude who folded under state pressure.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 7 months ago
You are surprised that the darkweb chat client has Nazis on it?