cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/8465136
From the group chat:
Hello all!
SimpleX Chat v5.4 is released - link mobile and desktop apps via secure quantum resistant protocol, and much better groups!
Once you upgrade, join the new users’ group via this link https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2Fos8FftfoV8zjb2T89fUEjJtF7y64p5av%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAQqMgh0fw2lPhjn3PDIEfAKA_E0-gf8Hr8zzhYnDivRs%253D%26srv%3Dbylepyau3ty4czmn77q4fglvperknl4bi2eb2fdy2bh4jxtf32kf73yd.onion&data={“type”%3A"group"%2C"groupLinkId"%3A"lBPiveK2mjfUH43SN77R0w%3D%3D"} and find other groups in SimpleX directory https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2FeXSPwqTkKyDO3px4fLf1wx3MvPdjdLW3%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAaiv6MkMH44L2TcYrt_CsX3ZvM11WgbMEUn0hkIKTOho%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion.
Please read more in the announcement, and please upvote/share our posts to help spread the word:
Posting here since they did not.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
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much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
For 3, I think you’re right, but I want to assume someone spins up a malicious server for the purposes of gathering IP addresses, creates an identity that routes through that server, and then picks a target. Would it be possible, at that point, for them to gather their target’s IP address at some point?
For 2, I mean it’s difficult to identify the same person across multiple chats. For example, let’s say your only communication with someone is through simplex. if you DM them, and then you join a group when they are present, there is nothing easily identifying them is the same person. This is the case even if they use the same public facing username in both instances.
(Upon looking, it seems you can set a nickname for a user and it will persist across rooms, and it looks like the QR code is also the same across rooms, but the first one is a bit tedious, and the second one is worse.)