SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)
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SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.

SimpleX Chat is an instant messenger that is decentralized and doesn’t depend on any unique identifiers such as phone numbers or usernames. Users of SimpleX Chat can scan a QR code or click an invite link to participate in group conversations.

-privacyguides.org

It’s clearly proving to be the most innovative technology when it comes to decentralized communication, in my opinion.

  • FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social
    51·
    8 months ago

    But do we trust entities that depend on our governments for funding? It could be argued that they’re fundamentally compromised.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      8 months ago

      As opposed to whom? Are investors in VC startups less compromised or more? What are the incentives in either case? Who do you trust to be competent and/or incompetent enough to compromise it without you noticing it? Who is likely to change a project that was well intentioned first after the fact? In what ways?

    • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
      6·
      8 months ago

      You have 4 basic options for funding:

      -you rely on individual donations which doesn’t bring in enough money

      -you force people to pay for it, which makes it less attractive when compared to traditional software, and makes much of the community pissy

      -you rely on corporate money

      -you rely on government money

      None is perfect, but some amount of government funding (let’s say, 10% of what they would pay Microsoft for the equivalent software) might make sense