Keeping your chats secure is a good idea, but end-to-end encryption is just the beginning of the list of options to consider when picking a messaging app.
SimpleX is what I use. I tried Signal in the past, but there was a noticeable delay in receiving messages and it caused problems when using it to communicate with family.
I have no problems with SimpleX so far. It works well and looks modern. A feature I like is that you can create a different user identity for each contact/ chat thread. It also supports socks5 proxy.
SimpleX is kinda good, but also we have briar, it does have ids, but more secure and 2P2, i don’t know if simpleX was checked by third parties about security, briar was audited by cure53 for example.
Out of band key exchange is great -as long as people can physically meet and exchange QR codes. In reality, they are often sent via less secure means. As always, the humans are the weakest security link.
Wherever Signal is mentioned, I shall mention SimpleX-Chat.
Zero user ID needed to use. No phone numbers and no username.
SimpleX-Chat!!!
Not sure I want to tell all my friends to get simplex with me.
SimpleX is what I use. I tried Signal in the past, but there was a noticeable delay in receiving messages and it caused problems when using it to communicate with family.
I have no problems with SimpleX so far. It works well and looks modern. A feature I like is that you can create a different user identity for each contact/ chat thread. It also supports socks5 proxy.
SimpleX is kinda good, but also we have briar, it does have ids, but more secure and 2P2, i don’t know if simpleX was checked by third parties about security, briar was audited by cure53 for example.
Briar… not familiar with, thx for sharing privacy goodies. Will check it out.
As for audits on SimpleX, there have been some. Not sure when the last one was tho, they prob have something on their site with a date.
Out of band key exchange is great -as long as people can physically meet and exchange QR codes. In reality, they are often sent via less secure means. As always, the humans are the weakest security link.