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What do you think about Session as a potential replacement for Signal? (getsession.org)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Especially for the less tech-savvy among us?

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

First impression: why another messaging system?

It may be fine, but what does it bring that Signal/Briar/Matrix/XMPP+Omemo doesn't have? Does it use existing standard protocol or encryption that's compatible with other messengers, to avoid fragmentation?

[–] bishbosh@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it has tor routing by default, so different in that way?

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Briar use Tor by default as well for Internet connections, so I don't think Session is unique in that way. And both appear decentralized.

A difference is that Briar is Android-only, whereas session is available on more platforms https://sourceforge.net/software/compare/Briar-vs-Session-vs-Signal/

It's good that people are working on privacy-preserving tools. But I wish they'd coordinate to avoid fragmentation. Work on common/standard messenging protocols, so that people can talk to each other even using different software.

Currently it feels like going back to the 1990s-2000s, with ICQ/AIM/MSNM being all incompatible, and every single one being unable to communicate with a large fraction of your contacts.

[–] bishbosh@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Fair, I've never used Briar, so I was mostly responding to the others. I complete agree though, the fact that there are so many is super frustrating.