privacy

People think SimpleX Chat is secure. 

It's not. 

Truly decentralized services aren't able to moderate anything via a central authority, but SimpleX outright states they do exactly that via their centralized servers that they describe in "how it works" docs as a sort of "data pipe" that just relays data without examining it, yet they explicitly say they can and DO block files from being sent. 

ALL CENTRALIZED SERVICES ARE ABSOLUTELY CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE AND OPEN TO ANYONE WHO CAN BUST IN THE DOORS. There are no exceptions. - Jody Bruchon

https://simplex.chat/blog/20250114-simplex-network-large-groups-privacy-preserving-content-moderation.html

Secure, maybe.

Privacy, maybe.

Censorship resistant, absolutely not.

Funded by VC & Bill Gates & Zuck, yes.

Scrolling is the new smoking.


~ /chelseafc • /privacy • /india

"Can't users use other servers?

Yes, they can. But in the same way as web browser is not responsible for the content you can access, SimpleX app should not restrict your communications with other servers based on blocking action from just one server.

That approach allows different server operators to have different content policies, depending on their jurisdiction and other factors. It also prevents the possibility of abuse by server operators."