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The messaging app Session is in big financial trouble. (getsession.org)
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also an article on itsfoss:

https://itsfoss.com/news/session-call-for-donations/

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[-] blah3166@piefed.social 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I’m a IT-Specialist for application development

Appeal to authority.

Session is indeed a good competitor

Unfounded claim.

thought they had some flaws

Flaws they introduced by removing PFS (Perfect Forward Secrecy) and Cryptographic Deniability, just to name two big ones, which they got free from Signal. For anyone not aware, they removed these security features because it made development more difficult for them, not because it was in the interest of their users.

upcoming V2 protocol would’ve fixed

Has yet to be seen, although if they bring back PFS, they will have at least reached Signal's level of privacy/security from over a decade ago

Edit:
Additional, more technical details on why you shouldn't use Sessions: https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/

this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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