Comment by RunSet
2 years ago
I did my part to help reduce costs by switching to the decentralized alternative, Session.[0]
Bonus: Session does not demand users' phone number. Also no bundled cryptocurrency.[1]
2 years ago
I did my part to help reduce costs by switching to the decentralized alternative, Session.[0]
Bonus: Session does not demand users' phone number. Also no bundled cryptocurrency.[1]
> Also no bundled cryptocurrency.[1]
It seems like Session relies on Oxen's network, so while there is no inherent coin it is blockchain backed.
> Session’s onion routing system, known as onion requests, uses Oxen‘s network of Oxen Service Nodes, which also power the $OXEN cryptocurrency. Check out Oxen.io to find more information on the tech behind Session’s onion routing.
https://getsession.org/faq#onion-routing
Cool, glad to hear about this - However, it is still coupled to a cryptocurrency (https://oxen.io/) even if not bundled wechat-style
I think simpleX[0] is a better choice at this point with all the recent issues around oxen: not coupled to any crypto, no user ids, can host your own servers if need be, etc
[0] https://simplex.chat/
And as a bonus Session has the best line ever: "Send (encrypted) Messages, not metadata".
They've given Signal quite the fork.
Session depends on the Loki blockchain, so I dispute point 1.
I don't consider Session to "bundle" the Loki blockchain or the Oxen network in any sense.
Here is more information about what I meant when I used the term "bundled".
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/4240/bundled-software