#sessionmessenger — Public Fediverse posts

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* client rc0, test!
* #FrOSCon apps
* #RethinkDNS unstable
* #SessionMessenger has plans
* #SnowflakeVolunteer design
+ 37 new apps
& 340 updates

Grab a cold one: https://f-droid.org/2026/08/07/twif.html

If you're going to bash the competition, at least be honest about it. @simplex

I can't speak to the other points here, but Session does have message padding, though only for attachments up to 10 MB. This is highlighted in section 6.2 of their whitepaper, which is linked on the first page of their website; they also mentioned it in multiple interviews. So they deserve a yellow check mark.

This is achieved by first padding each attachment to fit within a fixed number of constant sizes between 0 and 10 megabytes, then encrypting the attachment with a random symmetric AES key.

It should be a no-brainer to read the whitepaper of the competition before making any claims about them.

I'm happy to be proven wrong.

Whitepaper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2002.04609
Session website: https://getsession.org/
SimpleX presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhW8AuoRgxg

Also: Checklists Are The Thief Of Joy

#session #sessionmessenger #simplexchat #simplex #dataprotection #privacy #cybersecurity #messenger @session

"Our Final Appeal:
Session is shutting down in 90 days"
https://getsession.org/donate

This shows how decentralized #SessionMessenger truly is, unless they are just baiting for donations.

UPD: They are baiting for donations.

PRO TIP for the projects and startups out there:

don't invest too much time and money in fancy roadmaps bigger than a RPG skills thread of a future that might never come

roadmap 1: https://oxen.io/roadmap
roadmap 2; https://token.getsession.org/roadmap

#Session #SessionMessenger #encryption #chatapp

Se suponía que Session iba encaminada a una actualización muy apetecible. En 90 días la historia probablemente sea muy distinta y puede que incluso el servicio de mensajería instantánea y cifrada desaparezca.

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/encrypted-messaging-app-session-will-shut-down-in-90-days-unless-new-funding-are-secured/

#noticias #session #SessionMessenger #privacidad

Bitter: Session, der E2EE-Messenger hat nur noch bis Juli finanzielle Ressourcen, falls nicht doch noch...
Mehr: https://maniabel.work/archiv/1349
#e2ee #messenger #session #sessionMessenger

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is lovingly handcrafted without AI:

* we take a hard look in/at the mirrors
* #Lichess is gone, long live #Lichess
* #SessionMessenger on its last 90 days
* Butterfly app Easter update
* #NewsBlur uses #AI to put AI in your news about AI feeds
+ 16 new apps
& 184 updates

— — — — — https://f-droid.org/2026/04/09/twif.html

Ėiškuojau šeimā sosėrašèniejėma pruogramėkės. Nuoriejau ėšlaikītė :nextcloud: ekosistema, ale :lineage: Talk pruogramėkė nuor Gūglės (???). Kažkāp tumet ožkabėna Session, bet... dabā Simplex vėsė toràm. Bet anėi amerėkuonā, ta apėntās kažkuoks nàtėkroms

Tl;dr; as #nextcloud talk depends on Google migrated to #sessionmessenger . But it is closing. Moved with all family to #simplexchat

Session the messenger might shut down soon:

To date, the STF has received approximately $65,000 in donations. This is enough to maintain critical Session infrastructure for the next 90 days. We are extremely grateful for the support Session has received from the community, but unfortunately this is not sufficient to retain full-time developers. As a result, all paid staff and developers will have their final working day on April 9, 2026. After this date, some team members will continue on a primarily volunteer basis to help maintain Session until July 8, 2026.

https://getsession.org/donate

This is not a call to action; but I want people to see it, to decide themselve, if and what to do.

#GetSession #SessionMessenger #FOSS #FLOSS #dataprotection #cybersecurity #privacy

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* Basic 2.0-alpha5 with faster UI feedback (no need for Developer mode)
* #keyboard in the news
* #aTalk brings #OMEMO 2 to #XMPP on #Android
* #Briar keeps Tor secure (no tricks)
* #CastLab w/ #FCast and more (no need to restart)
* #K9Mail #Thunderbird w/ avatars (after 7 days too)
* #LabCoat #Gitlab login
* #SessionMessenger help funding
+ 15 new apps
& 212 updates

You can read now: https://f-droid.org/2026/03/19/twif.html

One should not have to wait 24h for #FLOSS apps!

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* website maintenance w/ #reproduciblebuild info
* #FSFE @llas on #EU #DMA vs #FLOSS
* #Dib2qm depreciated, jump ship now
* #Jami talks about #FLOSS importance
* #NWS weather widget broken
* #SessionMessenger protocol v2 #PFS #PQC
+ 10 new apps
& 214 updates
- 2 apps archived

Check yo' signer: https://f-droid.org/2025/12/05/twif.html

More info on the App's I talked about

Communication App's
#MatrixChat > https://matrix.org/
#SessionMessenger > https://getsession.org
#SimpleXChat > https://simplex.chat/

Anonymizing Networks
#Tor > https://www.torproject.org/
#I2P > https://geti2p.net/

#OpenVPN > https://openvpn.net/
(Setup your own Server!)

Yes there is #Briar > https://briarproject.org/
but their desktop App is still in beta & is only on #Andorid

#Tech #Apps #Messenger #Chat #EndToEndEncryption #VPN

"@signalapp threatens to Exit EU over Chat Control Law"
https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/germany-chat-control.pdf

https://ppc.land/signal-threatens-to-exit-germany-over-chat-control-vote/

Fight the #EU & it's Orwellian Law✊
People will install Custom #Android ROM's on their #SmartPhone's (Stops EU Scanning App) & people will use App's like:
#SessionMessenger
#SimpleXChat
Maybe even #MatrixChat over #Tor or #I2P
Also EU people will turn to VPNs outside of the all seeing eye👁️ of the EU🇪🇺
The baddies will surely be doing all of that, so this law will stop nothing

#News #TechNews

@tunkuluchu Buena suerte, me gusta #signal, me gusta #SessionMessenger, me gusta Matrix, pero nadie quiere hacer el esfuerzo de crear una cuenta.

Un problema poco relacionado pero que creo que ayuda a que la gente no cree nuevas cuentas es que no usan gestores de contraseñas y les da cosa estar creando cuentas que no recordarán.

Tan facilito que es usar #bitwarden

Session Interview: The Decentralized Signal Alternative

https://techlore.tv/w/5TpNvVB52d6zSWgTVXfuvz

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) has snuck upon us:

* Toot exclusive news, not in TWIF: report of #SessionMessenger update crashing, maybe skip it until we clarify!
* #Matrix bumped room version up to 1100
* #EntePhoto & #ImmichApp improvements
* Big #FlorisBoard features
* #Rethink fixed some bugs
* #KOReader adds digital ink
* #LibreTorrent now #MaterialDesign for You
+ 16 new apps
& 130 more updates

Make room for: https://f-droid.org/2025/08/21/twif.html

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* `1.23.1` has been released, update already!
* Metadata mixups? We're working to fix them!
* #Secuso apps now exclusive to F-Droid
* #SessionMessenger goes Pro
+ 10 new apps
& 104 more updates
- 6 removed apps

Stay up to speed: https://f-droid.org/2025/07/31/twif.html

@Geniusak @alternativeto
What do you mean by native?

#SessionMessenger has a #LinuxApp, #AndroidApp, #MacOSApp, #iOSApp and #WindowsApp.

@alternativeto
IDC!
I use #SessionMessenger from a while now!

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* #DeltaChat community meet and Desktop version
* #SessionMessenger network switch
* Find a better FOSS #Telegram client, now!
* Xed-Editor evil clones
* #APatch broken
+ 8 new apps
+ 183 updates

Quick read at: https://f-droid.org/2025/05/22/twif.html

@dab6c6065c439b9bafb0b0f1ff5a0c68273bce5c1959a4158ad6a70851f507b6 @c998a5739f04f7fff202c54962aa5782b34ecb10d6f915bdfdd7582963bf9171 @delta I like #SimpleX but it is, at least, partly VC-funded by billionaires last I checked.

Of course, that doesn't mean they automatically get to influence the project direction and compromise its values. However, as far as self-hosting on minimal/budget systems goes, #chatmail wins.

Also, SimpleX plans to integrate #cryptocurrency (like #SessionMessenger did) in the future so that will add more complexity.

Meet Session, The Signal Rival for Private Messaging! - Kee Jefferys Interview

https://techlore.tv/w/qDbdXsQHUmy39kwwHtKA87

Hat jemand praktische Erfahrung mit #SessionMessenger und mag diese hier teilen?

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

- Client 1.22.0 is now suggested for all
- #Element fixes a #CVE
- #SessionMessenger enables Groups v2
- #SimpleX improves group management
- 10 new apps
- 110 updates

all right here https://f-droid.org/2025/03/20/twif.html

Is end to end encryption about to become irrelevant?

https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5718181?episode=32805109029

#e2ee #Signal #SignalApp #Matrix #xmpp #SessionMessenger #simplex #deltachat #privacy #Threema #WindowscCopilot #AppleIntelligence #MicrosoftcCopilot #encryption #surveillance

Interesting to note that after Australian law enforcement visited a #SessionMessenger employee at his home & started asking questions, #Session moved its entire operation to Switzerland. @dmandl @markhurst