SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)

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  • simplex-chat

    SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱!

  • Let's be careful about the validity of the issues. It's not closed source https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat but there's a myriad of issues.

  • session-android

    A private messenger for Android.

  • Can any backdoor be effective though? The messages are encrypted, I doubt that the clients, that you can inspect yourself share the private key with any server, there's also a nice blog post by them

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  • simplexmq

    ⚙️ SimpleXMQ - A reference implementation of the SimpleX Messaging Protocol for simplex queues over public networks.

  • Also, it is covered in whitepaper here: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/overview-tjr.md

  • publications

    Publications from Trail of Bits

  • Here's the URL https://github.com/trailofbits/publications/blob/master/reviews/SimpleXChat.pdf It was in the article I have already linked.

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