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by soziawa 1720 days ago
Session is a cool fork from Signal. They adress the two biggest privacy issues, push tokens and IP addresses.

But I can't see it gaining too much main stream traction any time soon. Too me it feels like WhatsApp has hit the sweet spot for people who can't get themselfes to care about security and privacy.
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ElectronShak 1720 days ago
I have doubts regarding its privacy, but I think WhatsApp's security is up to the mark[1]. A lot of secure messengers fall short of simplifying security stuff on their UI/UX, for the average user, and i genuinely think it's a hard thing to do. In fact you could argue that "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

But maybe we'll get there, as more and more users understand the need for security

[1]https://www.whatsapp.com/security

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southerntofu 1720 days ago
How would you know, since we don't have the source code?
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