The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots?
The concern with Session is that theyre based in Australia, a country that is in the 5 eyes, and their government passed a bill
forces companies to provide a backdoor when ordered to, the company cannot deny to create this, and they can’t declose that they got ordered to ether. [A great video talking about said bill] While the Session devs say their services are resilient to these threats, [see their FAQ] it’s best to remain cautious.
The concern with Session is that theyre based in Australia, a country that is in the 5 eyes, and their government passed a bill forces companies to provide a backdoor when ordered to, the company cannot deny to create this, and they can’t declose that they got ordered to ether. [A great video talking about said bill] While the Session devs say their services are resilient to these threats, [see their FAQ] it’s best to remain cautious.
And session removed perfect forward secrecy from the signal protocol they forked.
https://www.securemessagingapps.com/
Thanks, I’ve been confused about all the different messaging apps for a while now, and having a feature comparison matrix like that is helpful.
(I’d definitely be interested in other users’ opinions about how accurate/reliable/unbiased the information presented is, though!)
This matrix doesn’t conflict with anything I’ve independently read about any of the protocols listed.
It doesn’t list briar, which deserves mention.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/r2h3iSA-Vac
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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