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> It provides better privacy for messaging than Tor
> SimpleX Chat Ltd is funded by private investors and venture capital
I would be very hesitant to rely on the privacy of such a system until it's had some time to bake. First thoughts:
- I like that SimpleX is designed to address timing correlation. This is a traditional blind spot.
- I don't like that there is VC money. It doesn't really matter to me whether there is a nonprofit wrapper: VC wants ROI.
- There is a lot of trust placed in the entry and exit servers. If they're truly friendly that's fine, but how would you even know? If we've leaned anything since Snowden, it's that systems will be tapped in ways that few can even imagine. If a server's key is exfiltrated, you are no longer anonymous.
> SimpleX Chat Ltd is funded by private investors and venture capital
I would be very hesitant to rely on the privacy of such a system until it's had some time to bake. First thoughts:
- I like that SimpleX is designed to address timing correlation. This is a traditional blind spot.
- I don't like that there is VC money. It doesn't really matter to me whether there is a nonprofit wrapper: VC wants ROI.
- There is a lot of trust placed in the entry and exit servers. If they're truly friendly that's fine, but how would you even know? If we've leaned anything since Snowden, it's that systems will be tapped in ways that few can even imagine. If a server's key is exfiltrated, you are no longer anonymous.
quoting note1n8v…guedAnswering your questions about "private message routing" in SimpleX network:
1. Does SimpleX protect IP addresses? Yes.
2. Doesn't private message routing reinvent Tor? No.
3. Why don't you embed Tor? Tor is great, but not for all.
Read more in FAQ: https://simplex.chat/faq/#does-simplex-protect-my-ip-address