💾 Archived View for bbs.geminispace.org › u › moddedBear › 124 captured on 2024-05-26 at 15:55:05. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content

View Raw

More Information

⬅️ Previous capture (2024-05-10)

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Comment by 🐻 moddedBear

Re: "Simplex Chat"

In: s/privacy

@cquenelle Maybe that's the way it works from the server's POV, I haven't looked too closely into those details yet. From the perspective of using the Android app, it's just pick a display name and share an invite link or QR code with the person you want to talk to which establishes a two way chat.

@satch Yeah that's always the struggle with these kinds of messengers. It's not perfect but I think Signal strikes the best balance of all the ones I've tried. I will say though that Simplex's Android app is surprisingly easy to setup and use considering how it works.

🐻 moddedBear [OP/mod]

2023-05-14 · 1 year ago

4 Later Comments ↓

🐐 satch · 2023-05-22 at 22:41:

I just installed SimpleX. Very nice from a user POV. Less bloated than Element, which is what I use day-to-day.

However, I want to see if I can switch away from the default servers. obviously, it’s not a privacy issue, but what is the point of decentralization if everyone uses the default servers.

🎵 xavi · 2023-08-04 at 09:55:

I read about SimpleX and I liked its focus on metadata-resistance. Is there however any GUI client for desktop GNU/Linux or *BSD?

🐻 moddedBear [OP/mod] · 2023-08-04 at 15:10:

Not last I checked unfortunately.

☯️ johano · 2023-09-25 at 04:03:

There are indeed GUI desktop apps for SimpleX :)

Original Post

🌒 s/privacy

Simplex Chat — Is anybody else familiar with Simplex Chat? I just started checking it out a couple days ago and it seems like a neat little messenger. It reminds me of a kind of middle ground between Signal and Briar.

💬 moddedBear [mod] · 8 comments · 3 likes · 2023-05-14 · 1 year ago