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My #1 recommandation for messenger, as the day of today (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Just a post to say the goods of using SimpleX instead of others "private" messenger. First it doesn't not require any id, phone number, etc... Can create how many accounts that you want! Decentralized servers, everyone can run and use own servers, and communicate with others! Big privacy side! Look at this one of the best https://privacyspreadsheet.com/messaging-apps. The only negative is the usability of the app, this is why it needs support and be democratize to gain attraits to people, and maybe one day be one the most used messenger app...

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[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My battery life & ability self-host on low-spec hardware is pretty convenient. When I talk to my bud on their own self-hosted, low-spec instance, the TLS+OMEMO is pretty secure since we don’t have to trust some third-party server provider with data/metadata.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right, and completely agreed with that, but I think that SimpleX is just better in most cases (not on battery life for now), as it could be also self hosted

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is a cost aspect of self-hosting that one has to comtemplate. I haven’t looked at SimpleX hosting, but if it’s anything like Matrix on resources, it isn’t accessible or feasible even if it is possible.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I host a Simplex server, it is not that bad in terms of resources. My smp server is around 90 MB RAM and XFTP is 30 MB. Could be better, but still would run without problem on low-end hardware.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about the storage & network costs?

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

I have not checked both, but seems like both are insignificant. From what I understand, the messages and files are only stored on the server until reception.