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0 pointsroastedpeacock1y ago0 comments

Session started as a fork of the Signal client/server to use identifiers that are not phone numbers (perfectly sensible) but having deviated from the known primitives of the Signal protocol and omitting PFS gives me pause.

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akimbostrawman1y ago

Session was the go to couple years ago but now SimpleX chat is imo superior with proper PFS even quantum resistent and better UX.

roastedpeacockOP1y ago

And how is the situation with desktop clients? Last I saw the situation was not exactly great.

akimbostrawman1y ago

no problem so far

palata1y ago

And now Signal allows you to use identifiers that are not phone numbers (except for your registration to the server).

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akimbostrawman1y ago

Session was the go to couple years ago but now SimpleX chat is imo superior with proper PFS even quantum resistent and better UX.

roastedpeacockOP1y ago

And how is the situation with desktop clients? Last I saw the situation was not exactly great.

akimbostrawman1y ago

no problem so far

palata1y ago

And now Signal allows you to use identifiers that are not phone numbers (except for your registration to the server).

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse