Ministry of Good IdeasGood idea: Switch to SimpleX messenger
Quantum computers are getting closer to breaking today's encryption, and the timeline keeps shrinking. Google just set a 2029 deadline to migrate its own systems to quantum resistant cryptography, and recent research papers have drastically reduced the estimated computing power needed to crack the encryption that protects most of our digital communications.
( https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/cryptography-migration-timeline/ )
The real concern is something called "harvest now, decrypt later." Intelligence agencies and other actors are already collecting encrypted messages today, banking on the fact that future quantum computers will let them read everything retroactively. That means the private conversation you're having right now could become an open book in a few years.
This is where SimpleX stands out. It's a free, open source messenger that doesn't require a phone number, email, or any kind of user ID to sign up. Not even a random one. Your messages are protected with quantum resistant end-to-end encryption built on top of a double ratchet protocol, and all your data stays on your device. The network is decentralized, so no single company controls it, and messages are only held temporarily on relay servers until delivered. It's been independently audited by Trail of Bits and is already used by hundreds of thousands of people. If you care about your conversations staying private not just today but ten years from now, it's worth making the switch.
Here is our ministry group in case you want to join:
https://smp14.simplex.im/g#nydAFEIKtpP0xQJ3yCY_ZPyUMlxuUYf0P86eTYX5Xj0
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