Hi @simplex
Could you please reply in detail to the above thread? Not for the person I was posting with—I suspect they are trolling–but for anyone else who’s reading.
Thanks!
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Raff Karva
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Signal massively downloaded amid rising tensions, number one in Denmark 🇩🇰 🇬🇱It’s fascinating how confidently wrong some can be.
List of SimpleX default servers:
88.80.191.111 London
85.159.210.201London,
194.195.243.62Frankfurt
172.232.152.8 Stockholm
194.195.243.87 Frankfurt
172.232.152.16 Stockholm
172.232.147.214 Stockholm
139.177.177.148 Frankfurt
139.162.197.202 London
213.219.37.83 London
172.104.138.143 Frankfurt
172.104.138.186 Frankfurt
172.232.146.28, Stockholm
172.232.146.243 Stockholm
139.162.221.19 London
143.42.99.82 London
143.42.99.154 London
143.42.99.210 London
213.168.251.135 London
213.168.251.142 London
178.79.132.8 London
139.162.221.251 London
139.162.220.192 London
139.162.249.101 London
Not a single one located in the US. Also, SimpleX is a UK based company.
This person clearly has no clue what they’re talking about. They seem to be testing how their browser routes to servers they test and confuses it with how messages are routed via messaging apps. Or confuses Whois with server location. No idea, just ignore.
Time to block them.
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Signal massively downloaded amid rising tensions, number one in Denmark 🇩🇰 🇬🇱@lexinova@toot.community @alexblock
I just realised that you’re confusing your browser routing to SimpleX website with messaging routing via SimpleX Messaging Protocol.
It’s like saying that my browser routes to the NHS website through US servers therefore I can’t trust my local GP.
For anyone who’s reading this thread, SimpleX Messaging Protocol works just like the Fediverse, where you chose which nodes (instances) you federate with. You can disable (defederate) the servers you choose, and only federate (or route your E2EE messages) with the ones you trust. If you want, you can completely disconnect from the whole network except your family and friends by using your own servers.
It’s also fully open source, you’re welcome to inspect the code should you wish prior to installation.
Here’s the whitepaper for anyone who’s interested:
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/overview-tjr.md
P.S. I now muted the above person due to AI in their profile, so won’t see replies.
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Signal massively downloaded amid rising tensions, number one in Denmark 🇩🇰 🇬🇱I just realised that you’re confusing your browser routing to SimpleX website with messaging routing via SimpleX Messaging Protocol.
It’s like saying that my connection to NHS website routes through US servers so I can’t trust my local GP.
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Signal massively downloaded amid rising tensions, number one in Denmark 🇩🇰 🇬🇱That’s a very wrong statement.
Firstly, you can run SimpleX on your own VPS or on a server in your own house.
Secondly, SimpleX uses decentralised infrastructure that consists of user-operated nodes, similar to Tor or Fediverse, and it’s spread out throughout the world.
Lastly, when using SimpleX, you can choose which individual servers you want your messages to be routed through, so you can disable any nodes you wish. The only servers I use are all EU based.
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Signal massively downloaded amid rising tensions, number one in Denmark 🇩🇰 🇬🇱I have been using, am happy with and can highly recommend SimpleX:
It's not as polished and is a bit more technical, but for me the extra effort was worth it.
Another issue with Signal--apart from using AWS and Google servers and being US based--is the fact that you need a mobile number and a smartphone. If you don't log in for a while with an iOS or Android app, your Signal account is deleted. I learned it the hard way. Thus, I set up SimpleX, informed my family and friends and did not look back.