SimpleX Chat is a private and secure messaging app that emphasizes privacy by not using user IDs, including phone numbers or random identifiers. Instead, it uses temporary anonymous pairwise identifiers for message delivery,ensuring no long-term identifiers exist.
The app features end-to-end encryption, decentralized groups and anonymous credentials to enhance security. Users can control their data, avoid spam and abuse, and connect via servers or Tor for added privacy
This is a desktop companion application. It needs to be connected to the mobile phone version to work.
This snap also includes the CLI version: https://simplex.chat/docs/cli.html
You can run it with:
simplexchat.simplex-cli
To create an alias use:
sudo snap alias simplexchat.simplex-cli simplex-cli
Then you can run it via simplex-cli.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed on Pop!_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install simplexchat, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install simplexchat
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