Simplex was a decent option but they're going down the crypto rabbit hole and their project lead is...not someone who should be trusted by anyone in the crosshairs right now.
The CEO vanished from the discussion (again) so my proposals to improve ease of use of Tor never reached them. You can catch up on the discussion at https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/simplex-vs-cwtch-who-is-...
I liked the SimpleX concept, but would prefer its relay server were replaced by Tor or i2p network.
And if they used Signal instead of NIH protocol.
Actually, the only unique SimpleX feature I really like is that it uses separate ids for every connection and group.
Signal mostly.
>separate ids for every connection and group
The thing is, there's Akamai and Runonflux, two companies hosting the entire public SimpleX infrastructure. If you're not using Tor and SimpleX Onion Services with your buddies, these two companies can perform end-to-end correlation attacks to spy on which IPs are conversing, and TelCos know which IPs belong to which customers at any given time. Mandatory data retention laws about the assigned IPs aren't rare.
As long as IP leaks are possible, I'd rather also use Signal, where at least the rest is battle tested and state of the art.
My concern with Signal is they'll either comply or move out of the EU with the incoming Chat Control, and I'd rather have a fully decentralized messenger with as few leaks as possible.
Probably because it has always been trivial to proxy Tor with build in and supported socks5
It's not hard to do so, so if they're having difficulty doing that, what other simple things are they having difficulty with? Why would anyone hinge their safety and well being on the whims of such a person?
I say this as a person who bought into the initial concept, and who has used it myself.
I have yet to see any of that while just using the app. Do you think people owning a project should not be allowed to have and share there options about anything but the project?