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gm Mike!

I'm using nostr:nprofile1qqsvnx99ww0sfall7gpv2jtz4ftc9v6wevgdd7g4hh7awkpfvwlezugpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wdmksetjv5hxxmmd9uzkf40v . Can you tell me the differences between them?

mike 1y ago

Morning

I’m not an expert on SimpleX, but if I understand correctly, SimpleX is anonymous and uses randomly generated keys to secure messages. I presume the messages are as secure as any other platform. It was backed by Jack Dorsey, so I'm sure it is excellent.

0xChat uses your NOSTR keys, which you own and control. The software is FOSS and you can see it on Github here:

https://github.com/0xchat-app

0xChat uses 3 layers of encryption which was the discussion of the quoted thread above.

For me, being in control of my own encryption keys is a big deal. The negative right now is the need to copy and paste you nsec into the app, which is a security issue as you are potentially exposing your private key.

In time, NOSTR should have private key management the same as Bitcoin.

I guess what I'm trying to voice is:

"Not your keys, not your messages"

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Pegah 1y ago

Thanks to explanations 💜👍

mike 1y ago

I just read this from the Simplex website:

https://simplex.chat/

How does SimpleX work?

Many users asked: if SimpleX has no user identifiers, how can it know where to deliver messages?

To deliver messages, instead of user IDs used by all other platforms, SimpleX uses temporary anonymous pairwise identifiers of message queues, separate for each of your connections — there are no long term identifiers.

You define which server(s) to use to receive the messages, your contacts — the servers you use to send the messages to them. Every conversation is likely to use two different servers.

This design prevents leaking any users' metadata on the application level. To further improve privacy and protect your IP address you can connect to messaging servers via Tor.

Only client devices store user profiles, contacts and groups; the messages are sent with 2-layer End-to-end encryption.

Pegah 1y ago

Yes, I always use it