{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Techlore Talks","title":"The Messaging App With No User IDs (SimpleX Interview)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/64752221\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6784,"description":"SimpleX Chat is the only messaging network where users have no identifiers—no phone numbers, no usernames, no user IDs at all. Henry interviewed founder Evgeny Poberezkin about how unidirectional message pipes create a network where servers don't even know users exist, why this isn't federation, how it compares to Signal and Session, and why the company is based in the UK despite encryption battles.\n🔗 SOURCES & LINKS\n• SimpleX: https://simplex.chat\n• Evgeny's Website: https://www.poberezkin.com/about.html\n⏱️ TIMESTAMPS\n00:00:00 INTRO\n00:01:31 SIMPLEX NAME\n00:04:20 SIMPLEX TEAM\n00:05:10 SIMPLEX VS. MAINSTREAM MESSENGERS\n00:08:05 WHY THIS APPROACH?\n00:11:14 THE FUTURE OF SIMPLEX\n00:14:28 SIMPLEX NETWORK + FEDERATION\n00:20:46 REGISTRATION MODELS\n00:23:11 GOVERNMENT REQUESTS TO SIGNAL\n00:25:42 REGISTRATION MODELS (CONT'D)\n00:27:52 MESSENGER DISCUSSION?\n00:29:54 SIMPLEX LIMITATIONS\n00:31:00 WAYS TO USE SIMPLEX + SCALING\n00:37:27 OPEN SOURCE\n00:42:21 SIMPLEX ENCRYPTION + DENIABILITY\n00:54:00 SIMPLEX METADATA\n01:00:53 IP ADDRESS OBSERVATION\n01:05:02 USABILITY CHALLENGES\n01:09:53 MESSAGE DELIVERY\n01:10:58 OUTAGES\n01:13:14 MULTI-DEVICE SYNC\n01:13:56 DESKTOP ONLY?\n01:18:10 BATTERY IMPACT\n01:19:44 BACKGROUND SYNC\n01:21:50 FUNDING + SUSTAINABILITY\n01:30:38 JURISDICTION\n01:31:56 LEGAL + LIABILITY\n01:40:37 PRIVACY AS A MEANS, NOT AN END\n01:41:55 PRIVACY FOR THE MASSES VS. THE FEW\n01:45:27 WHAT'S NEXT FOR SIMPLEX?\n01:50:57 HOW TO FOLLOW\n01:52:09 OUTRO\n🎥 VIDEO\n🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE\nKeep Techlore Talks independent & growing:","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AsD6EwlNTW1LwA_s0fYd3HtPg0CnY1G5vYDwmDTyRj8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZGM4/Y2ZjYzk2NzdiNzQz/Njk4YTY1NGFmZThm/MzdjYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}