It's worth noting though, exactly the same considerations will apply to #Element and the decentralised #Matrix network seems to protect them from it. Of course Matrix has some big out of town backers like #Mozilla on their side at chat.mozilla.org but I see no reason Simplex could reach out in the same way. In fact it's a really good idea. One of the reasons organisations can't block Element is because they can't block Mozilla. That alliance has made them almost censorship proof. #chat #securechat #dex

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OpnState 1 year ago
Ultimately any app that offers privacy and anonymity with doxxed devs is at risk of gov pressure. Using simplex now, best there is that I can see
Interesting you say that. No one seems to know who wrote #retroshare which seems to worry some people, but you may be right. Some think the developer of #muwire -the #i2p based client - abandoned the project rather than kowtow to #Govt
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OpnState 1 year ago
I was not aware of either of those projects. Thank you. The way to dev is to dev without a governable structure (no company, foundation, not for profit, etc) and anonymously. Strange to think simple messenger apps may be targets for gov intervention .
It's worth noting, there are completely censorship resistant communication systems, but they're more effort. If I send you the public key by email and then send the private key as a QR code later, no one else even knows the server exists. image