SimpleX chat and how privacy aligns with the future of computing w/ Evgeny from SimpleX

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Heard of SimpleX chat and curious what it's all about? This episode, we're sitting down with Evgeny, the founder of SimpleX Chat to talk about SimpleX, privacy, data sovereignty, and the future of computing.

More about Evgeny:

• Evgeny's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/evgeny-poberezkin/

More about SimpleX:

• Website: https://simplex.chat/
• Chat protocol: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/protocol/simplex-chat.md
• Whitepaper, including threat modeling: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/overview-tjr.md
• Run your own SimpleX SMP server: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq

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Chapters

1. SimpleX chat and how privacy aligns with the future of computing w/ Evgeny from SimpleX (00:00:00)

2. Evgeny introduces himself and what SimpleX does (00:01:37)

3. What was it that woke you up to the need for personal privacy? (00:03:14)

4. What prompted the creation of SimpleX? (00:09:31)

5. If you had to pick one thing, what would you hope users get from using SimpleX? (00:15:47)

6. Walk us through how SimpleX achieves privacy and anonymity on a technical level (00:23:59)

7. Why did you choose to use a server-relay model instead of p2p? (00:29:38)

8. Opt Out's sponsors (00:37:26)

9. Without static identifiers, how do users actually connect to each other? (00:39:05)

10. How secure is it to share the one-time connection links? (00:43:12)

11. Are there any limitations users should be aware of? (00:49:34)

12. How does SimpleX compare to some of the common privacy-preserving chat apps like Signal or Threema? (00:58:18)

13. Is there a way that listeners can self-host SimpleX? (01:02:59)

14. You mentioned in our chats on SimpleX that you see privacy, data sovereignty, and the future of computing being "exceptionally well aligned." Can you expand on that concept for me? (01:06:19)

15. How do you see SimpleX fitting into that optimistic vision of the future? (01:18:25)

16. How is SimpleX funded? (01:23:23)

17. How can listeners help support what you're doing with SimpleX? (01:29:53)