Jacob | Five Eye Tea on Nostr: Sure, but that's a flaw with all messengers, even decentralized ones. The reason I ...

Sure, but that's a flaw with all messengers, even decentralized ones. The reason I see Session as more secure is because of the onion routing. Thrice encrypted and bounced across the world. SimpleX decentralization isn't conducted that way. It's better than nothing but most of the servers are hosted by the company and seizing those servers would get you a lot more metadata.

Also, yes, them being for-profit is completely relevant and concerning. A for-profit corporation has to maximize profits, meaning they aren't quite as trustworthy to host a privacy service. Meanwhile, a non-profit doesn't have to go wild to maximize profits. They actually directly have a necessary reason to do what they claim they're doing or donations will dry up.