Also the security of the app is weaker than signal. They removed forward secrecy which means that if someone gets your private key they can decrypt any of your messages. This is made worse by your messages being stored in Loki net since anyone with your key can become you and see your entire history. Even if you delete a message it likely can still be recovered.
that’s one of the problems with everything that’s anonymous with no way to verify or track who’s who.
Okay I looked into it…Session uses its own encryption method that involves anonymity, signal and simpleX don’t have any particular focus on keeping their users anonymous.
You can’t have perfect forward secrecy if your users are also anonymous, at least not over a messaging app…this is the first time I’ve looked into this issue.
It isn’t an issue with Simplex Chat or Signal. Forward secrecy means that the decryption key is not stored but instead computed and used once before it is discarded.
that’s one of the problems with everything that’s anonymous with no way to verify or track who’s who.
Okay I looked into it…Session uses its own encryption method that involves anonymity, signal and simpleX don’t have any particular focus on keeping their users anonymous.
You can’t have perfect forward secrecy if your users are also anonymous, at least not over a messaging app…this is the first time I’ve looked into this issue.
It isn’t an issue with Simplex Chat or Signal. Forward secrecy means that the decryption key is not stored but instead computed and used once before it is discarded.