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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Potential issues with Simplex Chat (German but can be translated mostly with FF translate) (www.kuketz-blog.de)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Summary: Simplex Chat uses a bit of battery and doesn't have a way to visibly see a contact has changed.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fwiw: briar does have the ability to run a always on mailbox now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but Briar has never been developed past 1-1 chats.

Try using a group with your friends. Just for a day or two. It'll become painfully unmanageable really quickly