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skeptrune ◴[] No.41909982[source]
>SimpleX design restricts message visibility and file retention, making it far from ideal for those looking to coordinate large networks.

Telegram's and discord's "news" style channel features have always seemed to attract the wrong kind of usage.

An article criticizing private messaging apps for dedicated features like that which enable hate groups and scammers would be more interesting. Encryption seems like a red herring.

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1. mind-blight ◴[] No.41911217[source]
I'm also curious how it would affect CSAM proliferation. That's one of the biggest angles of attack on encryption (see how many times the UK has tried to ban it). If their techniques mitigated that, then it could take done if the wind out of the sales of folks trying to weaken encryption