• einfach_orangensaft@feddit.de
    51·
    2 years ago

    i like the whole concept but it seamed to good to be true and not some type of backdoored honeypot, ill guess ill check it out when enough people reviewed the sourcecode

    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Well, since it was audited quite awhile ago you could probably check it out now.

      simplex.chat/blog/20221108-simplex-chat-v4.2-security-audit-new-website.html

    • noodle (he/him)@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 years ago

      back when I was using reddit, whenever it would be posted in /r/privacy or /r/privacyguides it would get like 30 or 40 upvotes in a matter of minutes. for a service that came seemingly out of nowhere, it really felt suspicious to me.

      • whale@lemm.ee
        6·
        2 years ago

        But then, the biggest criticisms for it would come from a dude or two who insists it has been corrupted by the Russian developers, whose bloodline runs as red as communism itself… Just the dumbest criticism imaginable.

        I’m open to criticism, and I posted a couple here. Heck, here’s one more:

        Because a single entity runs all the relays, it could in theory hold on to all the messages based on sender IP address, while appearing to not be a honeypot.

        (This could also hold true for Signal, BTW.)

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
          31·
          2 years ago

          I thought you could run your own relay?

          It’s been probably a year since I chatted with the devs (did some testing with a few devices I have sitting around). Biggest issue I had was it required a current version of Android, as I thought it would great to be able to run it on older devices.

          • whale@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 years ago

            You can, but I’m not aware of any official implementation of third party relays, or any third-party relays in general.

            I’d be happy to get proven wrong, though… and considering what they have implemented: decent encryption, anonymity, etc, they’re doing pretty well regardless.

      • moreeni@lemm.ee
        3·
        2 years ago

        I think that’s because it’s the content for privacy subs. Now that it had been audited and privacyguides recommends it I put my trust into SimpleX