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Because of the ongoing fucktastrophe, the cries of "Use SIGNAL!" are constant and unavoidable. And I get it, it may be the least-bad option in a sea of terrible options. If, that is, you choose to ignore the advice of "don't use your phone for that shit" (the Stringer Bell Rule). But out of curiosity, because I haven't been keeping up, has the Signal Corporation addressed: The fact that they ...
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  • matrix if you want cloud storage for conversations
  • jami or briar if you’re okay with p2p
  • simplex for the most secure cryptography and “just works” better than p2p

Why do you claim simplex has the “most secure” crypto? Why is it more secure than the standard double ratchet everyone else uses?

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it is using double ratchet but heres the most recent tob. the fact that they use distributed self hostable relays and no user identifiers is more secure imo

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Last time I tried SimpleX, you had to scan a QR code to go from Desktop to mobile and vice versa, any chance of them changing that? Otherwise it did look promising.

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yeah you can only use one device at a time because simplex doesn’t have accounts, just devices. but you can make another account per device and add them to your chats

Wowww that’s bad design

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yeah it’s annoying, but they’re pretty committed to the no user id thing

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