Do any Cosonauts use the Session messenger? I like what I'm reading in their FAQ. It appears to be what I was hoping Signal would be: A secure messenger with no phone number or anything else tied to your IRL identity.
Just installed the app, and it looks well-designed. My ID is in my CoSo profile if anyone wants to try it.
@voltronic As much as I *really* like the app, I've grown increasingly uneasy about any solution unnecessarily built atop a cryptocurrency platform. Requiring server operators to buy-in with an investment of 15000 whatever-coins for the privilege of participating in the "decentralized" network rubs me all sorts of wrong.
Kind of makes Session seem like a tech demo to attract "investors" to the coin rather than an honest attempt at democratizing private communications.
The search continues...
@john_b
Yeah I read that in their white paper this morning. Disappointing. 🤬
People who run Tor nodes don't need a pay a fee of thousands of dollars to some company in order to do that. They just need to pay to keep up their own servers. This Oxen company appears to want a "web3 / monetize all the things" version of Tor.
@voltronic There's very much the impression I got as well.
A shame, because I truly do really like the app!