WhatsApp whistleblowers have claimed the company can read your messages. This caused many of the big names in communication apps to start firing shots at each other over privacy. This left us all wondering: Is there any app you can use to communicate privately and securely anymore? In episode 5 of Not Dead Yet, Robert Baggs speaks with Chris McCabe, the co-founder and CEO of the private messaging app, Session. They discuss everything from the perils of metadata to the future of private messaging. Timestamps ...

One reason (not the only reason) why I see people sometimes hesitating to switch more fully to Signal, is that they got into a habit of using Signal as their "high-priority, clutter-free" inbox and Telegram as their "everyone else talk to me" inbox, and thus hesitate to make Signal "cluttered" again.Things that I find work for me in this situation is:* Signal now has a folders feature: you can right-click (if on phone, tap-and-hold) on a contact and an "Add to folder" option appears* Using *another* app (eg ...

RT notafbihoneypot (@notafbihoneypot)Let my state ban VPNS, Ill use Tor,let my country block Tor. ill use I2Plet my country ban signal, ill use sessionlet my country ban encryption, ill use PGP.don't bend your knees to these fucking govenmeant cucks. Privacy is not a crime.Europeans need to fight back against all forms of over reach, that invade their privacy and freedom of speech.privacy is a right. ...

LATEST: 🔒 Vitalik Buterin donated roughly $765,000 in ETH to privacy messaging apps Session and SimpleX, saying permissionless account creation and metadata privacy are critical next steps for encrypted communication. https://t.co/oGWJ8S0c2o ...

🚨 LATEST: Vitalik Buterin donates 128 $ETH each to Session and SimpleXChat in support of encrypted messaging apps advancing permissionless accounts and metadata privacy. https://t.co/PzinQdWH40 ...

Vitalik Buterin said end-to-end encrypted messaging is critical for protecting digital privacy, adding that the next key steps for the space are permissionless account creation and metadata privacy. He noted that Session and SimpleX are pushing these directions forward and donated 128 ETH to each project, urging more developers to work on improving privacy-preserving messaging tools. https://t.co/bRgdyrsh0q ...

Investment & Philanthropy - The donor has donated 128 ETH to each of @session_app and @SimpleXChat to support their development [1] - The donor encourages users to download and use @session_app and @SimpleXChat [1] Technology & Privacy - Encrypted messaging is critical for preserving digital privacy [1] - Permissionless account creation and metadata privacy are two important next steps for encrypted messaging [1] - Strong metadata privacy requires decentralization, which is challenging [1] - Multi-device support adds complexity to decentralization [1] - Sybil/DoS resistance in message routing and user side is difficult without phone number dependence [1] Challenges & Future Directions - @session_app and @SimpleXChat are not perfect and need improvement in user experience and security [1] - More attention is needed to solve the problems in decentralized messaging [2]