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

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 5 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