SimpleX Chat

Freedom of speech needs infrastructure that protects it by design - protocols, governance and funding.

v6.5 release brings SimpleX Channels: a new model for online publishing built for participation privacy:

- channel owners hold their own channel keys,
- each channel uses multiple relays for reliability,
- publishers can run their own chat relays,
- channels can be added to our SimpleX Directory: https://simplex.chat/directory.

Read more at https://simplex.chat/blog/20260430-simplex-channels-v6-5-consortium-crowdfunding-freedom-of-speech.html

We updated SimpleX Chat Privacy Policy and Conditions:
- Stronger privacy commitments from operators and apps.
- New one-time links and public addresses.
- Public channels released in v6.5 (beta).

We maintain it in GitHub, so you can track changes:
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/commit/05f99634c470f8bddac20046947a0606938b22ad

The apps will show a notification with this change when you update.

The full text is here: https://simplex.chat/privacy/

Please let us know any questions or suggestions - many amendments were proposed by the users.

You can create a SimpleX Chat chat-bot with 17 lines of JS code using the new Node.js library.

Beta version: https://npmjs.com/package/simplex-chat/v/6.5.0-beta.4.4

Source code: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/tree/master/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs

To run this example with Node.js:

npm i simplex-chat@6.5.0-beta.4.4

node ./node_modules/simplex-chat/examples/squaring-bot-readme.js

@Pouakai@mastodon.social @svans@mastodon.social @session@mastodon.social Federation is when servers host accounts, as in Mastodon or email.

Also, forward secrecy and decentralization are unrelated - forward secrecy makes multi-device harder.

@thime@bolha.us what exactly happens?