basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoDoes anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example?message-squaremessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example?basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareLemmchen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoTo use “TL;DR” you actually have to write something of meaningful length.
minus-squaremagic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoBeen using it to communicate with a coupla friends and my boyfriend. Its easy to get people on-boarded and it seems to have the important features. What’s the issue?
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThere is a sliding scale between security and convenience, and SimpleX falls on the incredibly secure side of that equation. By doing it the way they have, they have made sure that nobody can impersonate you, except under duress.
minus-squaremagic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHonestly its pretty convenient too, only inconvenience really is backing up a file.
Tl dr It sucks IMO
To use “TL;DR” you actually have to write something of meaningful length.
Been using it to communicate with a coupla friends and my boyfriend.
Its easy to get people on-boarded and it seems to have the important features. What’s the issue?
There is a sliding scale between security and convenience, and SimpleX falls on the incredibly secure side of that equation.
By doing it the way they have, they have made sure that nobody can impersonate you, except under duress.
Honestly its pretty convenient too, only inconvenience really is backing up a file.