𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚐

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  • Each SimpleX release gets me closer to using it. The upcoming v5.8 update is no exception:

    This release focus is improving the app usability, and preparing the foundation for v5.8 that will provide an in-built protection of user IP addresses when connecting to unknown file and messaging servers, reducing the need to use Tor (which would still remain supported via SOCKS proxy, for additional privacy).

    And another round of security audits:

    We are planning a 3rd party security audit for the protocols and cryptography design in July 2024, and also the security audit for an implementation in December 2024/January 2025,

    Looking good.

    Edit: SimpleX v5.7.5 is 313 MB without Data/Cache on Android. Yikes.

    Client Version App size
    SimpleX v5.7.5 313 MB
    Threema Libre 5.3.1l 138 MB
    Jami 20240521-01 102 MB
    Briar 1.5.11 101 MB
    Session 1.18.4 99 MB




  • Would you kindly find a source for that?

    I can personally speak from the 80s, so that’s not exactly a golden age of reliable information. There was concern about scale of infinite growth and power requirements in a perpetual 24/7 full-load timeshare by people that were almost certainly not qualified to talk about the subject.

    I was never concerned enough to look into it, but I sure remember the FUD: “They are going to grow to the size of countries!” - “They are going to drink our oceans dry!” … Like I said, unqualified people.

    Another factor is that there aren’t that many supercomputers in the world, a handful of thousand of them.

    They never took off like the concerned feared. We don’t even concern ourselves with their existence.

    Edit: grammar