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Video @ Youtube

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0cRu98XSap0

SimpleX Chat - Next Level Private Messaging

There are still people who do not yet use SimpleX chat. It really is time to install SimpleX.chat

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[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are still people who do not yet use SimpleX chat. It really is time to install SimpleX.chat

You only made me not want to install it.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I didn't watch it, I've used simplex... Yeah that's an awful argument, but the tool is interesting.

What I find most interesting about it is, it's kind of like signal but with a random and rotatable phone number. If you hypothetically had your "phone number" leaked or started getting spammed on it, you just regenerate it, your existing conversations get the updated phone number and continue to work while new conversations can't be started with the number you just threw out.

You can also create different profiles for different situations (these have different phone numbers, names, and photos associated with them), e.g. you could have one for people you meet online vs in person vs in your job.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

I feel like naming it after herpes wasn't the best idea

[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any reason to use this over signal with friends and family?

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not really. Signal has a better app at this time.

This is the shittiest honey pot I've ever seen.

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

can it be used on desktop alongside mobile yet? that was a dealbreaker for me last time.

[–] Wave@monero.town -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

You can link your mobile device with desktop to use the same profile remotely, but this is only possible when both devices are connected to the same local network.

https://simplex.chat/downloads/#desktop-app

[–] db2@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's not what remote means.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

“It’s remote if you’re connected to this same tin can on a string.”