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SimpleX Chat: Private and Secure messaging (monero.town)

submitted 1 year ago by Wave@monero.town to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://monero.town/post/934733

SimpleX Chat

Private and Secure messaging platform without user IDs

Will this new messenger replace Signal?

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by Evgeny Poberezkin

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[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My main concern wit Briar is that it would be of not much use without a smartphone (I meant the internet-less features in particular). I would not trust sensitive things to a smartphone. I wonder if soemthing like that could be doable with an Android VM or Waydroid with a laptop's bluetooth...

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe. Check out Android Subsystem for Windows. It's essentially an Android VM though you don't have a launcher/home screen. You just see the apps in your task bar like any windows app. I run it on an older laptop, it's a touch slow but works well enough.

https://github.com/MustardChef/WSABuilds

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Windows is as much of a spyware as an average smartphone though, so not much of a point.

Edit: I should try it in Waydroid then.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, true. I just assume most people are using it.

I'm working on getting away from it, been stuck on fining a OneNote replacement.