Unfortunately simplex uses way too much battery on my unisoc tablet. It is also still quite high on an older qualcomm phone. Is there room for improvement with updates or is this the limitation of lower end hardware?

Hello, is the network connection to the SimpleX network made same way as in Session messenger (single point of failure in the form of several seed/bootstrap nodes "hardocded" in the client software, the nodes which hostnames/IPs can be blocked on ISP/government firewalls) ?

If you know any detail on how it works, please link. Thank you

Hi everyone.

I'm curious to understand what could happened to simpleX if the new "security" plan in EU gets voted?

Because I'm not versed enough with the political and legal wording in thoses papers I've got a hard time to actually understand.

• Will simpleX be obligated to comply?
• Will simpleX retire from EU?
• Would It be illegal to use simpleX if the bill passes?
• Could we still use simpleX with a proxy/VPN from a country outside of EU?
• ...

I'm genuinely concerned about what I'm reading here and there on lemmy... I hope someone could give me some interesting point of view.

Thanks.

Hi people,

Is possible to scheduled messages in simpleX similiar to telegram?

Hi all! I’m working on my cyber security bachelor’s thesis and am reaching out to gather insights from users who use decentralized messaging applications.

I would be incredibly thankful if you could find the 2 to 4 minutes to fill out the form. Your experience in the matter is incredibly valuable.

You’ll find the survey at https://questionnaire.ink/412758

Your responses are confidential and will be used solely for supporting my thesis. No personally identifiable information is collected.

Thanks!

To the developer working on SimpleX,

Why are you still using Microsoft Github ? (and by extend Reddit ! )

• https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/do-githubs-updated-terms-of-service-conflict-with-copyleft
• https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/2022/04/19/github-suspending-russian-accounts/
• https://bitsvsbytes.com/blog/move-github-gitlab/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/8p27ud/why_are_developers_moving_their_code_from_github/
• https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/22

I had myself a question for the maintainers. I was planning to use the discussions and to do so, create an account :'( But it seem that Microsoft really doesn't like Tor: \ !

Cheers.

Hi,

Does anyone, know if SimpleX plan to embed Tor ? ( To not need to install Orbot )

Thanks.

Hi,

I've just tested SimpleX. Great piece of software, all the options are really well thought ...

Sadly it's not P2P (all the messages pass by servers... ) is there a way to make-it P2P ?

Thanks.

Does anyone know why every release is not available through F-Droid? For example F-Droid has version 5.5.2 and the latest stable is 5.5.5. In the buildlog it looks like F-Droid gets the soirce code for every release. It assume it is not successfully compiled in order for it to never end up being released.

The talk was made when v5.2 was the latest, with lots of progress since:

• local file encryption
• desktop client
• using mobile from desktop etc.

Thank you!

As far as I understand it, the relay servers only hold the messages until they are delivered, but what happens if they can never get delivered? Does the server just endlessly accumulate these messages in limbo, and never purge them, or are they on a timer? Even if they are on a timer, if a group chat with one abandoned user has a large enough volume of messages, they could theoretically overwhelm the server's storage.

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Update

I have received an official response on this from the SimpleX Chat team: > the servers hold the messages for 21 days if they are not received

From the group chat:

> Hello all! > > SimpleX Chat v5.4 is released - link mobile and desktop apps via secure quantum resistant protocol, and much better groups! > > Once you upgrade, join the new users' group via this link https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2Fos8FftfoV8zjb2T89fUEjJtF7y64p5av%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAQqMgh0fw2lPhjn3PDIEfAKA_E0-gf8Hr8zzhYnDivRs%253D%26srv%3Dbylepyau3ty4czmn77q4fglvperknl4bi2eb2fdy2bh4jxtf32kf73yd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22lBPiveK2mjfUH43SN77R0w%3D%3D%22%7D and find other groups in SimpleX directory https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2FeXSPwqTkKyDO3px4fLf1wx3MvPdjdLW3%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAaiv6MkMH44L2TcYrt_CsX3ZvM11WgbMEUn0hkIKTOho%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion. > > Please read more in the announcement, and please upvote/share our posts to help spread the word: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/183sd9h/simplex_chat_fully_opensource_private_messenger/ > > https://twitter.com/SimpleXChat/status/1728507765813809487 > > https://mastodon.social/@simplex/111473020768393442

Posting here since they did not.

I am managing SimpleX public groups list...

I tried as in the doc, but ran into

[__0] rejecting: aeson-2.2.0.0, aeson-2.1.2.1, aeson-2.1.2.0, aeson-2.1.1.0, aeson-2.1.0.0 (constraint from user target requires ==2.0.3.0)

You can search for public groups via the experimental SimpleX Directory Service: connect to it via this address.

Mobile apps public beta v5.3 are released:

• delivery receipts
• new layout in groups
• new UX for incognito mode
• etc.

Desktop app beta is now usable, please try it: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v5.3.0-beta.5

Greetings. I exported my data from my iOS device and then put it in the default directory in Windows. When I run the simplex-chat command I get this error, what is the reason?

I just updated, thanks for your great work.

https://youtu.be/7yjQFmhAftE

• how does it work without user IDs
• desktop app demo (1:15) – you can already download beta version for Mac and Linux from GitHub
• how to set up your relay (3:51)
• how SimpleX Chat is funded (11:25)
• the problems and the future of groups (18:23)
• the demo of SimpleX Directory Service (25:20)
• Q&A (28:51)

Join us online on Thursday at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK at https://stream.simplex.chat

We will:

• demo the new desktop app.
• show how to set up SimpleX servers with dual address (public+onion).
• share the plan for SimpleX group and communities.
• possibly, show one more thing.

#OpenSource #Security #Privacy

The post about v5.2: https://simplex.chat/blog/20230722-simplex-chat-v5-2-message-delivery-receipts.html

The app is available in all channels via the links on the website or via [GitHub release] – the main F-Droid repo is coming soon.

If you use Android, make sure to use the build 134 - the previous one had a database performance issue causing very slow message delivery.

Join our event on 7/27 at 17:00 UTC (6pm UK, 10am PT):

• demo of the new desktop app 🚀
• platform evolution:
  • what's coming for groups and communities.
  • why we don't plan read receipts for now.
• demo how to host a server with dual public+tor address in Ubuntu VM, so that users who prefer to connect to onion addresses can communicate with you via your self-hosted server even if you don't use Tor - it's much simpler than you think.

Mark your calendar, the link to connect is coming soon, it won't require any registration.

You will be able to ask any questions in this SimpleX group: #SimpleX-Event-2023-07-27

like, if I send the QR code to someone I want to talk to via email, anyone intercepting this message will at the very least know my SimpleX address; same thing if I send it via messenger.

edit: let's assume we don't have an established and trusted channel. furthermore, they're not expecting this info.

I just wanted to say, as someone who has been reluctant to try and convert his friends and family to alternative communications platforms for years due to perceived shortcomings with all alternatives, I think SimpleX might just be good enough.

Thank you very much for the work on this amazing solution.

Hello

I'm trying to create a discussion between my Simplex application on my Android, and the Simplex CLI application on my Linux.

But either I don't understand how it works, or something isn't working.

On the cli version

version, I understand that you have to do

/c to create an address

it replies

/c

> BROKER {brokerAddress = "smp://[email protected],xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxxxx.onion", brokerErr = NETWORK}

is this all you have to paste on the Android side to be able to chat?

You can get the new version from GitHub, TestFlight, Play Store beta and our F-Droid repo!

Full release and the release announcement are coming on Saturday July 22nd.

We will host an online event on July 27 at 17:00 UTC (6pm UK, 10am PT) to talk about:

• what's new in v5.2, why we won't have read receipts and what is coming soon
• how we will solve the problems of groups and communities that are emerging on SimpleX platform
• we will demo how to host a server with dual address (both clearnet and onion) in linux VM, so that users who prefer to only connect to onion addresses can communicate with you via your self-hosted server even if you don't use Tor - it's much simpler than you think.
• we will answer all your questions too.

Online platform to connect to TBC, we'll make sure that it doesn't require any registration.

You will be able to ask any questions in SimpleX group, you can already join it now via this link #SimpleX-Event-2023-07-27

Latest version of SMP server is 5.2.1

lint agent api to reconnect all servers (#792) add crypto error to RSYNC event (#794) agent: catch IO errors correctly in MonadError (#795) test with catchError/tryError fix allFinally db error busy treatments (#796) increase TCP timeout for clients (#797) server: disable transport timeout (#793) resubscribe in batches in Client.Agent (#798) 5.2.1 (ntf 1.5.1, xftp 1.0.1) (#799)

This relay will be migrated to the datacenter in the UK to reduce the latency for most users. The migration itself takes less than 30 minutes, the DNS changes propagate in 1-3 hours (based on tests we ran). The relay will remain available on the same hostnames but with a different IP address.

The migration will start from 4pm UTC.

If you use Tor, it will be available as soon migration is complete, within 30 minutes - we did such migrations before without announcing them.

If you use public Internet to connect SimpleX relays, it will become available as soon as DNS updates.

If you have some important contacts where you use smp10 relay to receive messages you can switch them in advance (it won't be possible to switch during migration).

well, just a test

I used to check Reddit regularly for communications from the devs. I hope to see the devs here soon.

5.1.3 fix connection switch status db encoding (#781) ntf server: better batching and logging (#780)

5.1.2 (was pre-release) agent: ack message in case of decryption error (#759) Docker entrypoint fixes (#753) add more message delivery tests (#763) install.sh: fixes (#765) install: some more fixes (#770) install: simplify systemd service and add new helper stopscript (#771) run a single batch test to avoid hanging on server disconnect (#773) connection switch - track status, stop switch command (#764) rename "stop switch" -> "abort switch", add canAbortSwitch to rcv queue info (#775) return updated ConnectionStats from switchConnectionAsync (#777) batch subscriptions for ntf server (#778) 5.1.2, ntf server 1.4.1

You can use this alternative smp server

New in v5.1.3:

Fixed video calls on iOS!

Much faster group deletion.

New preset SMP servers - add them in server settings (they will become default if you've never saved server changes, that includes server test results though).

Many small fixes.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I was hoping that the desktop version and the mobile version would be able to sync messages between users without having to create multiple accounts. Is this even possible with SimpleX's current architecture? Aside from all that, I'm really liking SimpleX - clean, simple and SECURE!! =)

In this release there are a lot of code improvements and bugs solved. Now calls run well and "incognito" mode has been introduced: you have the Carnival mask this year! 🤡

More informations are available directly at GitHub project page.

https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases