Simplex Chat is very popular in the Nostr community; whenever someone posts a note asking which chat app is secure, many people recommend Simplex Chat. We also think Simplex Chat is a great app.
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I support Keychat development and will continue testing it. It looks like it could mature and become something trustworthy in the Nostrsphere.
However, most, if not all, devs are not qualified to audit their own creations, especially when privacy and security are a must.
This is why specialized audits done by a team of professionals are not only expensive, but important. Just because an encryption scheme has been audited does not mean your implementation of it has.
Once you commission and pass a rigorous third-party security audit, then your comparisons to other privacy messengers who have, will carry more weight.
Until then, it looks promising, and I look forward to seeing where it goes, but do not and can not advise anyone to use Keychat or any other privacy and security services for anything where privacy is a must until it has passed an independent security audit.
This is not just me, but basic practice in the privacy space before recommending services that claim to protect user security and/or privacy.
Keep up the good work! I am excited to see where this goes.
However, most, if not all, devs are not qualified to audit their own creations, especially when privacy and security are a must.
This is why specialized audits done by a team of professionals are not only expensive, but important. Just because an encryption scheme has been audited does not mean your implementation of it has.
Once you commission and pass a rigorous third-party security audit, then your comparisons to other privacy messengers who have, will carry more weight.
Until then, it looks promising, and I look forward to seeing where it goes, but do not and can not advise anyone to use Keychat or any other privacy and security services for anything where privacy is a must until it has passed an independent security audit.
This is not just me, but basic practice in the privacy space before recommending services that claim to protect user security and/or privacy.
Keep up the good work! I am excited to see where this goes.