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Neo-Nazis head to encrypted SimpleX Chat app, bail on Telegram - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In other words, it's the same effect as when you make separate identities to share with different contacts on any messaging service. SimpleX has adopted that as the normal way to operate.

[–] Melody@lemmy.one 3 points 1 month ago

They certainly make it easier to do so; by making it a switch you can toggle; which allows you to generate an identity; or choose not to and roll with the identity they've already seen.