hello , im really interested in privacy and confidentiality but when it comes to secure messaging i dont know what to choose I used to chat on the matrix protocol with elements as an app but having to create an account with an email made me give up quickly so I switched to simpleX but then I learned that simpleX doesnt protect ip addresses so I switched to Session and then I found out the police managed to access private messages from someone using Session what secure app would you recommend
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simplex + tor – you should always use vpn + tor anyway
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hey, yeah, simpleX is solid for privacy, but for messaging and big groups, the sync is kinda rough, not great. signal with a polish number is a smart move to limit exposure, but it’s centralized, so metadata could be an issue if the server gets targeted. what do you think of briar? it’s p2p, runs through tor, no email or number needed, super anonymous. downside: sync sucks if contacts are offline. grab it from f-droid: https://briarproject.org/. or have you tried xmpp with a self-hosted server? better for groups, but needs some setup.
I suppose the first thing to consider is where you live. If you live in Europe, “Chat Control 2.0” will follow you wherever you go. And worst of all, that thing will be installed at the system level, and that thing will read your messages before they leave your phone, so it doesn’t matter what app you’re using. In this case, I would recommend using a dumb phone and a PC with something other than Windows, and avoiding a Linux distribution from a large company that includes telemetry (IBM/Red Hat and derivatives).
yeah, im in Europe, but you can avoid chat-control with things like PGP encryption or by using no-EU apps like Matrix, SimpleX, Session, and others protocoles. for the phone, a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS, and for pc i use CachyOs, an arch-based distro but customized.
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You might consider using signals.
But I think sessions are also secure.
I believe the session was compromised because the key was stolen.
Public-key encryption is theoretically secure.
better start getting used to it, nothing else is even in the same league