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Privacy

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh please be another honeypot app lmfao

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately, I don't think you're going to get your wish as its fully open source and the servers can be self-hosted quite easily. Unlike Telegram, where only the actual end client was open source and the server side was closed source. In SimpleX everything is open source.

[–] Negligent_Embassy@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hackliberty is one of the most active SimpleX groups

I'd urge you not to disregard the tech because media hit pieces

https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/overview-tjr.md

https://simplex.chat/faq/

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Negligent_Embassy@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

.. I understand the concept of a honeypot

If you think that's what's going on here you don't understand simplex at all

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

It was a joke man

Honestly the more privacy-preserving app is, the more radically good guys you'll meet, and at same extent the more radically bad