Spain has banned Telegram. Defending Session
March 23, 2024
Spain has banned Telegram, and they are claiming this is over copyright violations of users, that Telegram is failing to police. [1] Now some users
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Signal Usernames for DESKTOP just rolled out
February 29, 2024
If you got flatpak, just do “flatpak update”If you got it through your distro like apt, depends on the distro when ready.Arch AUR Package is
New Usernames? New Signal Group
February 21, 2024
Obviously we prefer Session, SimpleX, & XMPP over Signal. Signal still requires a number to register and is completely centralized to Amazon’s AWS. Tucker Carlson’s
What servers do messages get stored on?
January 6, 2024
Let’s analyze where things really get stored with different protocols and tools. Signal:Amazon Session:Decentralized database w/ pay in crypto XMPP:Self-hosted federated the word “federated” means
Why Session’s censorship resistance is the strongest
December 25, 2023
Question: Why does Session messenger have the strongest censorship resistance known to man? Explain it to me like I’m 16, 1) Encryption has a public
Questions? Groups for SimpleX, Session, XMPP
December 19, 2023
Tech Resources! Here’s a list of the active Session, SimpleX, and XMPP Public Groups where you can ask questions on tech. Session Simplified Privacy Official
Showdown: Signal, Session, SimpleX, Matrix, XMPP, vs Briar
December 15, 2023
Let’s compare Signal, Session, SimpleX, Matrix, XMPP, and Briar, so you can decide which one is right for your particular situation. Who is the… Most
How to Convince Friends to Leave WhatsApp & SMS
December 12, 2023
One of the challenging aspects of privacy is getting your friends to actually use it. While Signal is very centralized and has metadata leak issues
Tips for Signal
December 10, 2023
Signal is flawed in that it’s centralized on Amazon servers, requires a phone number, and can not be self-hosted. However regular SMS is so horrible,
Gov Requests on Apple/Google push notifications
December 8, 2023
We posted a recent Vice article about the US government requesting nearly all Apple and Google push notifications: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjbv9/apple-just-confirmed-governments-are-spying-on-peoples-phones-with-push-notifications This article discusses how these companies