I’ve seen several people claim Simplex is the best messenger app in terms of privacy and security, but does that still stand after reading the threat model page? Personally I was surprised by what can be done. Click show origional. [Capture+_2025-03-26-02-15-45] protocol/overview-tjr.md …

[image] gribs: Signal needs phone number which nobody would want tied to them just in case it turns out Signl is lying. Signal is not lying. I assure you. If you want, you can get a number from ( https://www.smspool.net/ ) very cheap and register. It doesn’t use your phone number as your identi…

You should also know that while all I am saying here is as true as I know it to be - I am not an authority on whistleblowing or a technical expert in esoteric and highly critical matters like this. What I am suggesting and sharing are indeed the best ways to go about it but I am not guaranteeing 10…

I’m not actually planning on critical whistleblowing, that was just an example.

I see So much for all that typing. But now you know, nonetheless.

But I believe I have answered your titular and follow up questions as best as I can for now.

[image] anon36940904: Signal is not lying. I assure you. Signal very well could be lying or be co-opted.

Sure, anything could be the case. Nothing is impossible. Anything can happen. By this logic, don’t trust anything or anyone for any reason. But that’s not what all evidence we have thus far points to now does it. And we have to trust something at some point and accept whatever implausible risks to …

[image] anon36940904: By this logic That isn’t what I’m saying. [image] anon36940904: all evidence we have thus far If it was the baby of the USG, why would they let their own courts expose it? And to be clear, I’m not against Signal, I just don’t think it is appropriate to proclaim w…

I’m not proclaiming anything. You have my disclaimer above.

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It’s not. https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/simplex-vs-cwtch-who-is-right

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